Overview

• The Trump administration has removed a Federal Acquisition Regulation clause requiring contractors to prohibit segregated facilities in workplaces.
• The rescinded clause, originally part of Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1965 executive order, aimed to enforce workplace integration and equal opportunity.
• Critics, including the ACLU, argue the change undermines decades of anti-discrimination policy and sends a troubling message about civil rights priorities.
• Federal agencies, such as the Department of Homeland Security and the National Institutes of Health, have already begun implementing the changes.
• While the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and state laws still prohibit segregation, legal conflicts are anticipated over the removal of this federal enforcement mechanism.