Harmeet Dhillon (Screenshot: DOJ Civil Rights Division) The Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a stern warning to Buncombe County, North Carolina, over plans to hand out nearly $3 million in reparations exclusively to black residents. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, led by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon, sent a letter to the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, warning that such race-based programs would violate federal civil rights laws, including the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The controversy stems from the Asheville-Buncombe County Community Reparations Commission’s final report, released earlier this week. The commission, established in 2022 by the City of Asheville and Buncombe County, spent years developing 39 recommendations aimed at addressing…
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