Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a lawsuit against Starbucks on Tuesday, alleging the company utilizes illegal "race-based hiring practices."

Andrew Bailey's suit comes amid a sweeping crackdown from the Trump administration on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts both in government entities and private sector businesses.

Starbucks was sued on Tuesday by the U.S. state of Missouri, which accused the coffee chain of using a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as a pretext to systematically discriminate based on race,

Missouri accused Starbucks of tying executive pay to the company’s achieving racial and gender-based hiring quotas.