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Trump Halts Disparate-Impact Cases, EEOC Drops Black Worker Lawsuit

7/5/2026

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President Donald Trump issued an order directing agencies to deprioritize disparate-impact discrimination cases, halting enforcement.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) dropped the lawsuit after Kenni Miller, a Black Sheetz shift manager in Altoona, Pennsylvania, was fired in summer 2020.
Miller said he had been trusted before a background check ended his job.
Advocates claim the order created an enforcement void and that no accounting exists for closed disparate-impact cases.

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President Donald Trump issued an order directing agencies to deprioritize disparate-impact discrimination cases, halting enforcement.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) dropped the lawsuit after Kenni Miller, a Black Sheetz shift manager in Altoona, Pennsylvania, was fired in summer 2020.
Miller said he had been trusted before a background check ended his job.
Advocates claim the order created an enforcement void and that no accounting exists for closed disparate-impact cases.