Quick Hits

• EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas advised through a press release that the Commission plans to prioritize protecting Americans from “anti-American” bias.
• The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), enforced by the DOJ, prohibits discrimination based on citizenship status, including U.S. citizens as a protected category.
• The EEOC’s guidance explains how claims brought under Title VII and the INA may intersect and which agency—the EEOC or DOJ—may ultimately investigate the respective claims.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on enumerated protected categories, including national origin. The U.S. Congress tasked the EEOC with enforcing antidiscrimination laws, particularly Title VII. In prior administrations, the EEOC’s focus has been on national origin discrimination for employees who identify with origins outside of America.

On February 19, 2025, the EEOC issued a press release wherein Acting Chair Andrea Lucas advised that the Commission would prioritize “protecting American workers from anti-American national origin discrimination.” According to the press release, to achieve this policy priority, the EEOC “will help deter illegal migration and reduce the abuse of legal immigration programs by increasing enforcement of employment antidiscrimination laws against employers that illegally prefer non-American workers, as well as against staffing agencies and other agents that unlawfully comply with client companies’ illegal...

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