New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American chief mascot and could face a Justice Department investigation or risk losing federal funding, President Donald Trump’s top education official said Friday.

United States Education Secretary Linda McMahon spoke to the Massapequa School District on Friday as a school mascot ban battle continues. The Trump administration says the ban on Native American school mascots violates a civil rights law,

The U.S. Secretary of Education threatened a criminal referral to the Department of Justice if the state doesn't back down.