Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the US Justice Department could investigate a geology camp organised by university professors that was limited to BIPOC participants. The dispute matters because it raises questions about whether race-restricted educational programmes comply with US civil-rights law.

The article describes the camp as “BIPOC-only”, referring to Black, Indigenous and other people of colour. Dhillon’s warning suggests the department may examine whether excluding students on racial grounds constitutes unlawful discrimination, though the article text provided does not state that a formal investigation has begun.