The chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission took to social media Monday to solicit charges alleging anti-American workplace discrimination, a move in keeping with the Trump administration’s stated priorities.
“Have you ever felt that you were treated differently because you’re an American?” Andrea Lucas asked in a video posted to LinkedIn and X. “Maybe you were laid off and told to train an H-1B or other guest worker visa holder who replaced you, or maybe your manager or co-worker has excluded you from conversations because you speak English, or moved work discussions into another language, or even onto a foreign messaging app.”
“Have you been harassed at work for speaking English or for being too American, or has your employer preferred workers of one foreign national origin to serve customers with that same background?” Lucas continued. “Have you applied to a foreign-owned or operated business in the United States and noticed that it mostly hires or promotes non-American workers? Why has your town factory or plant suddenly stopped hiring locals and now mostly employs foreign workers?”
Lucas closed by stating that EEOC has “protected Americans of every race — White, Black, Asian, Hispanic and Native American — from employers who unlawfully preferred non-Americans.”
The video is similar to one EEOC released late last year in which Lucas called on White men to report workplace discrimination, and follows 2025 promises from Lucas to crack down on anti-American bias, as well as race and sex discrimination motivated by diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Among other efforts, EEOC published a technical assistance document called “Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against The Law” that year, in line with White House commitments to prioritize American workers through antidiscrimination efforts and changes to immigration policy.
