Halfway to Chains: What’s Already Been Enforced Under Project 2025

November 3, 2025

A report from the Center for Progressive Reform indicates that 251 out of 532 actions outlined in Project 2025, a conservative policy agenda developed by the Heritage Foundation, have been implemented under the Trump administration. The implemented measures have significantly altered federal agencies, including rolling back civil rights protections at the Department of Justice, eliminating Title IX safeguards at the Department of Education, restricting abortion access through Health and Human Services, and repealing fair housing regulations at HUD. The article characterizes these changes as deliberately targeting marginalized communities, particularly Black Americans, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals, and low-income families, through policy reversals that erode decades of civil rights progress.

Who is affected

Black Americans and communities of color
Immigrants and their families (including those facing ICE raids and deportation)
Women seeking abortion access and reproductive healthcare
LGBTQ students and individuals
Disabled children who rely on special education programs
Single mothers facing housing penalties
Low-income families dependent on food aid and public programs
Federal employees facing loyalty tests and purges
Planned Parenthood and its beneficiaries
Local officials who resist federal enforcement policies

What action is being taken

The Department of Justice is reviving the death penalty, reinstating the China Initiative, and prosecuting local officials
Title IX protections are being rolled back and the Office for Civil Rights is being dismantled at the Department of Education
Health and Human Services is criminalizing abortion access, defunding Planned Parenthood, and erasing gender identity data from surveys
HUD is repealing fair housing protections and implementing policies that penalize single mothers
ICE is conducting raids and detaining immigrants
The Environmental Protection Agency is reversing greenhouse gas regulations
The Department of Agriculture is reinstating work requirements for food aid
The White House is implementing loyalty tests for federal employees

Why it matters

This represents a fundamental transformation of federal government operations that reverses decades of civil rights protections and anti-discrimination enforcement. The implementation of nearly half of Project 2025's agenda signals a systematic effort to reshape American democracy by removing safeguards for vulnerable populations, privatizing public services, and centralizing power within the executive branch. The changes affect fundamental rights including education access, housing fairness, reproductive freedom, immigration status, and civil rights enforcement, potentially establishing precedents that could persist beyond the current administration.

What's next

No explicit next steps stated in the article

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