Five universities are under investigation by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for providing scholarships to undocumented immigrants enrolled in the Obama-era DACA program, according to a statement from the Department of Education Wednesday.

The Education Department launched investigations into five universities on Wednesday over scholarships that the schools offer to undocumented students, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients.

The department said it was examining whether universities that provide financial help for children who arrived in the country as undocumented immigrants are discriminating against U.S. citizens.

The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday announced investigations into five universities across the U.S. – including two in Michigan – following complaints that the schools violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by offering “unlawful exclusionary funding based on national origin.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is the target of a U.S. Department of Education investigation into whether two of its scholarship programs unfairly favor minorities and students born outside

The federal government is pushing Arlington Public Schools to stop allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding with their gender identity. The U.S. Education Department announced today that it has completed a five-month investigation into the anti-discrimination policies of five school districts in Northern Virginia,

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating these universities under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, arguing that DACA scholarships discriminate based on national origin because they are awarded to illegal immigrants.

"Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of the General Counsel (OGC) opened a foreign funding investigation into the University of Michigan (UM) after a review of the university's foreign reports revealed inaccurate and incomplete disclosures," the DOE said in a news release.

The investigations come after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February intended to "protect opportunities for women and girls to compete in safe and fair sports."

Cuts have hit most of the department’s main functions, which include investigating civil rights complaints, providing financial aid, researching what works in education, testing students and disbursing federal funding.