Congressional Democrats pressed the Trump administration for answers Monday regarding any shift in policy on affirmative action and higher education, reacting to reports that the Justice and Education departments may expand investigations into discriminatory admissions policies at universities to include ones that harm white applicants.

The letter, jointly signed by Reps. Bobby Scott of Virginia, Hakeem Jeffries of New York, John Conyers of Michigan, and Sens. Patty Murray of Washington and Dianne Feinstein of California pointed to recent reports in the New York Times and Washington Post that raised “concerns as to whether DOJ and ED are launching a new effort to re-examine the values of racial diversity on campus.”