The U.S. Labor Department has canceled roughly $577 million worth of “America Last” contracts, which include ridiculous grants for things like “gender equity in the Mexican workplace.”
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) made the announcement on March 26, revealing that the grant for “gender equity in the Mexican workplace” was worth a staggering $10 million in taxpayer dollars.
“Great work today by @USDOL @SecretaryLCD @Sonderling47 cancelling $577M in ‘America Last’ grants for $237M in savings,” the announcement posted to DOGE’s official X account read.
The post also listed several other examples of wasteful “America Last” grants that were canceled by the Labor Department, including $12.2 million for “worker empowerment in South America,” and $6.25 million for “improving respect for Worker’s rights in agricultural supply chains” in three countries: Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
A $3 million grant for “safe and inclusive work environments” in Lesotho was also canceled, along with a $3 million grant to “enhance social security access and worker protections for internal migrant workers” in Bangladesh, a $4.3 million grant for “assisting foreign migrant workers” in Malaysia, and a $5 million grant for “elevating women’s participation in the workplace” in West Africa.
Great work today by @USDOL @SecretaryLCD @Sonderling47 cancelling $577M in “America Last” grants for $237M in savings, including:
– $10M for "gender equity in the Mexican workplace"
– $12.2M for "worker empowerment in South America"
– $6.25M for "improving respect for Worker's…— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) March 26, 2025
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer also celebrated the new grant terminations in a post on X, writing: “The era of Americans’ tax dollars bankrolling foreign handouts for things like “Improving Gender Equity in the Mexican Workplace” is over. We just saved $237M, which will be used to reinvest into developing our workforce and protecting our children.”
The era of Americans' tax dollars bankrolling foreign handouts for things like "Improving Gender Equity in the Mexican Workplace" is over.
We just saved $237M, which will be used to reinvest into developing our workforce and protecting our children.#AmericaFirst 🇺🇸 https://t.co/WaJY5IP8zd
— Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer (@SecretaryLCD) March 26, 2025
This news comes as DOGE has already updated its savings leaderboard to reflect a staggering $130 billion in total estimated savings thus far, just over two months into President Donald Trump’s second term. According to DOGE’s website, the total estimated savings is a “combination of asset sales, contract/lease cancellations and renegotiations, fraud and improper payment deletion, grant cancellations, interest savings, programmatic changes, regulatory savings, and workforce reductions.”
This savings breaks down to $807.45 per American taxpayer.
There is also a category on DOGE’s website to display the number of grant terminations, which is 9,289 as of March 28. Just the grant terminations alone total roughly $32 billion in savings.
