President Trump Order Seeks to End Discriminatory DEI Programs and Mandates, Affecting Federal Contractors, Private Sector, and Higher Education
On his second day in office, President Trump issued an Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in federal government as well as mandates and programs affecting the public and private sector. Specifically, the President acted to “order all executive departments and agencies to terminate all discriminatory and illegal preferences, mandates, policies, programs, activities, guidance, regulations, enforcement actions, consent orders, and requirements.” The President further ordered that all federal agencies “enforce our longstanding civil-rights laws” and “combat illegal private-sector DEI preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities.”
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