As we have noted in recent days[1], upon returning to the Oval Office, the Trump Administration swiftly:

• Sent the message that it will pursue an agenda of aggressive enforcement related to immigration and preventing undocumented workers from working in the U.S.;
• Ordered federal employees to return to working physically from offices and froze all hiring for civilian employees, suggesting planned stripping of resources for federal agencies and other federal bodies (including those tasked with enforcing Equal Employment Opportunity-related rights (EEO));
• Overturned a host of “harmful” executive orders passed during the Biden Administration, including executive orders seeking to protect workers against sexual orientation and gender identity or expression discrimination and to promote greater workplace safety requirements;
• Overturned Executive Order 11246 and related amendments, ending a variety of federal policies and related requirements for federal government contractors that had been in place since the Lyndon Johnson Administration and now affirmatively prohibiting them from considering protected characteristics as part of employment decisions; and
• Struck executive orders and presidential memoranda relating to equal employment opportunity, diversity, and inclusion efforts applicable to the federal government as an employer.

Notwithstanding the policies and potential future actions they portend, other than with respect to immigration enforcement, none of the foregoing...

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