The Trump administration wants to direct resources from the Justice Department's civil rights department to a project investigating affirmative action in college admissions.

According to the New York Times, an internal directive involves "investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions." The lawyers involved in the project will likely not be from the Educational Opportunities Section, but rather the civil rights division's front office, which is full of Trump's political appointees.

Affirmative action policies benefit students who traditionally suffer from discrimination.

Last year, the Supreme Court ruled in Fisher v. University of Texas that race-conscious admissions are constitutional.

The move follows a series of civil rights hits by the administration. On Friday, President Trump spoke at a rally of law enforcement agents advocating roughness with suspects, though on Tuesday the White House denied that's what his statement meant. On Wednesday, Trump announced a ban against transgender people from serving in the military.