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

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

White House removes the Spanish portion of the site; Trump previously said people in U.S. should "speak English." Could changes affect MS Hispanics?

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.

Donald Trump has already put his stamp on the White House just a day after taking office as the 47th president. A Spanish-language version of the White House website has been suddenly shuttered, according to Newsweek. In addition, CBS News reported that a White House website containing information on reproductive rights has also gone offline.

The move echoes Trump's first term in office when the landing page for Spanish-language communications was also unavailable.