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Trump administration weighs closing office overseeing resettlement of Afghans to the U.S.

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The move could strand more than 250,000 Afghans and their families who face persecution from the Taliban for their ties to the U.S. The State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts , known as CARE , has told staff to prepare plans to wind down operations by the end of March .

“This is a national disgrace, a betrayal of our Afghan allies, of the veterans who fought for them and of America 's word,” a refugee advocate said.