In December 2016 , the incoming Trump presidential transition team planned to stop the program from targeting white supremacists , which have committed bombings and shootings such as at a black church in Charleston . The program was also planned to be renamed to " Countering Radical Islamic Extremism " . Congressional Republicans have criticized CVE for being politically correct , arguing that using the term " Radical Islam " would prevent violent attacks . Community groups have had concerns that the program could be used to target faith groups for surveillance . In May 2017 , the Trump White House proposed to cut all funding to CVE . In July 2017 , George Selim , a Republican who worked in the Bush administration and headed the CVE , resigned . Selim said that government cooperation with Muslim communities has proven crucial to preventing terrorist attacks but that Trump appointees saw no value in this effort . In August 2017 , reacting to reports that the Trump administration rescinded a grant to an organization fighting against neo-Nazism , the Southern Poverty Law Center warned that the threat of domestic terrorism from white supremacists remained high , pointing to an attack in Portland that happened in May
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2017 Portland train attack
Countering Violent Extremism Task Force