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DOJ Issues Rules to Scale Back Multilingual Services Under Trump’s English-Only Order

Agencies have 180 days to inventory non-English offerings to redirect any savings into English proficiency programs

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks alongside President Donald Trump on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House on June 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that individual judges cannot grant nationwide injunctions to block executive orders, including the injunction on President TrumpÕs effort to eliminate birthright citizenship in the U.S. The justices did not rule on TrumpÕs order to end birthright citizenship but stopped his order from taking effect for 30 days.
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Overview

  • The guidance instructs federal agencies to conduct internal reviews of all non-English services and temporarily suspend the Limited English Proficiency website pending policy alignment.
  • Agencies must phase out “unnecessary multilingual offerings” and reallocate cost savings toward English-language education and assimilation efforts.
  • The memorandum rescinds President Clinton’s 2000 language-access executive order and endorses Supreme Court precedents that bar Title VI disparate impact claims without proof of intent.
  • Departments are encouraged to adopt artificial intelligence and machine-translation tools for limited multilingual assistance when necessary.
  • Within 180 days, agencies must submit formal plans detailing which language services will remain and how they will meet the new executive-order requirements.