Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the new administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website.

The White House Spanish language page was shut down just hours after President Trump assumed the Oval Office for the second time. The website, whitehouse.gov/es/, was functioning during the Biden administration,

Hispanic advocacy groups and others expressed confusion at the abrupt change and frustration at what some called the administration’s lack of efforts to maintain communication with the Latino community,

Hispanic advocacy groups and others express confusion at the abrupt change and frustration with what some call the administration’s lack of efforts

Trump removed the Spanish version of the page in 2017. At that time, White House officials said they would reinstate it. President Joe Biden reinstated the page in 2021. According to 2023 Census Bureau estimates, about 43.4 million Americans — 13.7% of the U.S. population age 5 and older — speak Spanish at home. The U.S. has no official language.

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