Department of Justice investigates Minnesota’s recruitment practice

this Ministry of Justice Minnesota has been investigated to “determine whether it engages in racial and gender discrimination in its state employment recruitment practice.”

The investigation is between the Trump administration and Governor Tim Walz His status after his 2024 vice presidential bid failed. This is because the Minnesota Department of Human Services is introducing a new policy requiring supervisors to “when hiring vacancies in job categories that are insufficient for positions when seeking reasons for hiring non-representative candidates” – otherwise, they face disciplinary measures, including termination.

“Minnesotans should employ their state employees based on their merits, not based on illegal DEI,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement.

“For a long time, federal law has prohibited employment policies that discriminate against race or gender,” added Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. “The Department of Justice refuses to tolerate such behavior and invites investigations when biased recruitment practices related to protected characteristics.”

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Minnesota Department of Human Services says New “reasons for employment” policy It is to ensure that the state “fulfils its responsibilities for affirmative action to comply with national regulations and that its labour force must be increased to reflect and effectively serve its customer base.”

“The policy defines “underrepresented candidates” including ‘female,’ and racial’ minority’ who are ‘black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander,’ “American Indian or Alaska” Write in a letter On Thursday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Shireen Gandhi, interim commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

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“Title VII prohibits employers from distinguishing individuals based on race, color, religion, gender or ethnic origin. When the Attorney General has reasonable grounds to believe that state or local government employers are engaging in a pattern of discrimination or discrimination practice in order to violate Chapter VI, it is liable for violation of the title to violate the court’s lawsuit to violate the lawsuit, including violations of the lawsuit.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris and her running partner Tim Walz face the president against President Donald Trump and Vice President Judd Vance in the 2024 presidential election. (Images of Tom Williams/Rachel Jason/Irene Schaff/Andrew Hanik/Emily Elcon/Getty)

He also said: “Specifically, we have reason to believe that the Minnesota Department of Human Services is engaging in illegal actions by adopting and about to implement its ‘hiring obligation’ policy.”

The Minnesota Department of Human Services told Fox News Digital that it “complys all state and federal recruitment laws.”

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It added: “Since 1987, state law requires the rationality of non-affirmative action hiring for certain job openings.”

The investigation was in late June by the Ministry of Justice File a complaint Minnesota’s challenge law provides freedom and reduced in-state tuition for illegal foreigners, claiming that the law is unconstitutional.

Minnesota has had many clashes with the Trump administration recently. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Ellison also announced lawsuits against the Trump administration and the Justice Department in April to ensure states can continue to allow biologically male trans athletes to participate in women’s sports.

Greg Wehner and Jackson Thompson of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.