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Trump administration will reportedly keep just 611 essential USAid employees

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The USAid staff reductions are set to take effect at midnight on Friday , as indicated on the agency’s website.

A lawsuit filed on Thursday by the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) seeks to prevent the administration from dismantling USAid , which was established as an independent agency by a law passed by Congress in 1998 .

The unions claim that these actions are “unconstitutional and illegal” and have created a “global humanitarian crisis”.