Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Friday urged undocumented Colombians in the United States to quit their jobs "immediately" and return to Colombia.

The email is the most sweeping effort yet by the new Trump administration to shrink the ranks of government employees.

The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to quit in a program meant to end work-from-home practices, senior administration officials said.

Staffers would be paid for eight months if they resign rather than return to the office full time.

Here’s what we know about the deferred resignation program offered to federal employees by the Trump administration.

The White House is giving federal employees until Feb. 6 to accept the offer, President Trump’s latest move to drastically cut the government’s workforce.

The Trump administration has told around two million federal workers they can resign via email in exchange for a payout.

President Donald Trump is offering incentives to resign to nearly all federal workers in an attempt to reduce the size of the government. The administration expects 5% to 10% of the federal workforce to accept the offer, which contains eight months of pay and benefits. The White House confirmed the plan to the Washington Examiner.

Thousands of federal workers feel caught in limbo after the White House offer to buy out employees if they agree by Feb. 6.

About 15% of the country’s 2.19 million full-time civilian federal employees work in Greater Washington. Federal civilian employment in D.C. alone is 162,144 as of December — more than any other U.S. territory or state, according to data from the Congressional Research Service.