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,

The fuming free speech-advocating president demanded an apology.

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.

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,

Donald Trump wants to step up the fight against illegal immigration. That he is particularly targeting Spanish-speaking migrants is evident from a new decision. Every time a new US president moves into the White House,