Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials conducted extensive “walkthrough” tours of USAid headquarters on Monday while employees of the international aid agency remained barred from entering the building, according to three USAid staffers familiar with the matter.
US border officials tour USAid building amid speculation of office takeover Agency staffers observe CBP representatives conducting ‘walkthrough’ of space as they remain barred from entering.
The alleged surveying of the office fuels speculation that CBP plans to take over USAid’s office space, just days after its signage was removed from the building and following the termination of the agency’s lease by the Trump administration.
One staffer told the Guardian they observed dozens of people with CBP, the General Service Administration (GSA) – the agency in charge of leasing government spaces – and the office of inspector general entering the office throughout the day.
Late on Monday night, employees received a text message, obtained by the Guardian, referring to the building as “former USAid headquarters” – language that was quickly cited in a recent legal complaint by the American Foreign Service Association against the Trump administration.
