Office of Remigration

Office of Remigration
Seal of the United States Department of State
Agency overview
Formed2025
JurisdictionUnited States
Employees~15
Agency executive
  • Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Parent department
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

The Office of Remigration is a unit within the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the United States Department of State established in 2025 to support remigration of immigrants in the United States. The office was first proposed in May 2025 as part of an overhaul of the department's organizational structure.

History

On May 29, 2025, the State Department published a press statement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio titled "Next Steps on Building an America First State Department", which outlined a variety of changes to the Department. The document included a new organizational chart of the department, including the Office of Remigration within the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. In a May 2025 congressional notification from the State Department wrote that the Office would initially be staffed by reassigned personnel from the Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs.

The proposal consolidates the functions of the Bureau into three "functional offices" under a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Migration Matters, with the Office of Remigration being one of the functional offices with the role of a "hub for immigration issues and repatriation tracking."

In May 2026, Wired published an investigation into the Office. The office's role was described as to "process payments possibly worth tens of millions of dollars to facilitate the deportations of immigrants to countries they may not even be from", with "little to no oversight". In an emailed statement, the State Department wrote that "President Trump promised to reverse the Biden-era invasion of illegal aliens and once again make America a country for Americans. Remigration puts these words into action."

An August 2025 organization chart divided the office into two units, "Voluntary Returns and Maritime Migration" and "Overseas Solutions" for third-country deportations. "Under the orders of Stephen Miller", the office negotiated third-country deportation agreements. As of June 2026, the administration "authorized or pledged at least $410 million to facilitate agreements with 31 countries". Christopher Landau "has been involved in negotiating the third-country deportation agreements".

Reaction

The Office's establishment drew praise from European far-right leaders and organizations, including Martin Sellner, an Austrian far-right activist.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Nakamura, David; Taylor, Adam (September 21, 2026). "How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation". The Washington Post.
  2. ↑ Yousef, Odette (December 9, 2025). "'Remigration,' once a fringe idea, becomes a mantra for the Trump administration". NPR. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  3. ↑ Roy, Diana (January 26, 2026). "Trump's Remigration Agenda and Its Implications". Refugee Law Initiative Blog. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  4. ↑ Palmer, Kathryn. "State Department could have an 'Office of Remigration': What is it?". USA TODAY. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  5. ↑ Caputo, Russell Contreras,Marc (May 30, 2025). "State Department seeking to create an "Office of Remigration" in wide restructuring". Axios. Retrieved May 27, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Roth, Andrew (May 30, 2025). "State department ramps up Trump anti-immigration agenda with new 'remigration' office". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  7. ↑ Bailey, Chelsea (October 19, 2025). "DHS issued a call to 'remigrate.' Here's the history of the term often associated with far-right groups". CNN. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Next Steps on Building an America First State Department". United States Department of State. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Gilbert, David. "The State Department Really Doesn't Want to Talk About the Office of Remigration". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Trump's Secret Team Focused on "Remigration" Exposed". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved May 27, 2026.