U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the country’s largest law enforcement agency, put out a notice to senior employees shortly after President Donald Trump’s return to Washington that listed dozens of diversity, equity, and inclusion terms banned from government communications.
A document obtained by the Washington Examiner on Friday revealed that CBP personnel were told not to use three dozen terms related to DEI following Trump’s executive actions on the matter.
Select CBP personnel were told to remove references to the terms from existing documents and not to use them going forward in communications, including government social media accounts or press releases.
The terms included: Affirmative action; DEI; DEIA; Diversity & Inclusion; Diversity and Inclusion; Diversity Equity & Inclusion; Diversity Equity and Inclusion; Diversity Equity Inclusion; Diversity Inclusion; Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Diversity, Equity Inclusion; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion; Equity & Diversity; Equity and Diversity; Gender Equality; Gender Equity; IDDP; Implicit Bias; Inclusion Diversity and Equity; Inclusion, Diversity and Equity; Inclusion, Diversity, Equity; Inclusive Diversity; LGBT; LGBTQ; LGBTQ+; LGBTQI; LGBTQIA; Racial Equality; Racial Equity; Social Justice; STEER; STRIDE; and Unconscious Bias.