President Donald Trump’s administration took aim at government DEI programs, ordering federal diversity, equity and inclusion employees to be placed on leave no later than Wednesday and for DEI offices to be closed down,

Organizations including Walmart, Lowe’s and Meta, have announced they would scale back their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Trump’s administration moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal DEI staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off—the first salvo in an aggressive campaign to upend DEI efforts nationwide.