Top Virginia cities in the hot seat as Trump-aligned group demands DOJ probe of DEI mandates
FIRST ON FOX: A Trump-aligned legal group is ramping up its pressure campaign targeting big blue cities violating President Donald Trump's Executive Orders and federal civil rights law by continuing...
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FIRST ON FOX: A Trump-aligned legal group is ramping up its pressure campaign targeting big blue cities violating President Donald Trump's Executive Orders and federal civil rights law by continuing to embed diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) into their practices. America First Legal (AFL) sent three more civil rights complaints to the Department of Justice's Office of Civil Rights this week requesting it investigate the Virginia cities of Richmond, Alexandria and Arlington for violating Title VI and Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as Trump's Executive Orders on discriminatory DEI initiatives, via its city and county programs, hiring, and public services. AFL argues the cities receive federal grant money and distribute it across their city governments, in various departments, and for multiple purposes, opening them up to federal scrutiny. The civil rights complaint letters to the Justice Department follow the agency's decision to launch an investigation into the city of Austin for similar DEI violations, which was followed by AFL's first complaint letter to the Justice Department's Office of Civil Rights earlier this month, asking the agency to investigate Seattle over its allegedly discriminatory DEI practices. AFL filed a complaint against Portland a few days later as well, alleging similar accusations. TOP UNIVERSITY HIT WITH SCATHING FEDERAL COMPLAINT CALLING FOR PROBE INTO ‘UNSAFE’ AND ‘UNLAWFUL’ DEI AGENDA "Despite these federal civil rights laws, these jurisdictions openly engage in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ("DEI") policies in their respective jurisdictions, ordering local departments to implement discriminatory ‘equity’ programs and directives," an AFL press release states. "Race-based policies do not create justice—they destroy it. As Virginia lurches to the Left, America First Legal will continue leading the fight to ensure that federal funds never support programs that divide citizens, weaken public safety, or erode…