Trump's DOJ says it's illegal race discrimination to pay people who experienced illegal race discrimination
Source: Independent
The Department of Justice has claimed that a first-in-the-nation reparations program for Black residents amounts to illegal race-based discrimination because it doesn't help people who aren't Black.
The Justice Department is asking to join a lawsuit that seeks to block a program from the city of Evanston, Illinois, which has made $25,000 payments to residents who were at least 18 years old between 1919 and 1969, as well as "direct descendants" of Black people who lived in the city in that time frame.
A class-action lawsuit from conservative activist group Judicial Watch on behalf of a group of non-Black residents argued the program is "purposefully and intentionally discriminating" against them.
Donald Trump's Justice Department now wants to join the case, alleging violations of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and the Fair Housing Act.
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