The Trump administration says it's eliminating 2,000 posts at the U.S. Agency for International Development and placing all but a fraction of others worldwide on leave.

Some 2,000 employees will also be laid-off in a "reduction in force" effort, according to an email sent to staff.

Move comes after a federal judge on Friday allowed the administration to move forward with pulling thousands of USAID staffers off the job in the US and around the world

At the same time the agency is "beginning to implement a Reduction-in-Force" affecting about 2,000 USAID personnel in the U.S., the notice said. The White House did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Approximately 2,000 employees at the US Agency for International Development will be laid off Sunday and a majority of the remaining full-time staff will be put on sweeping administrative leave overnight,