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Justice Department Issues Guidance to Implement Trump’s English-Only Order

Federal agencies pause the LEP.gov portal, with revised language access plans due for public comment in 180 days.

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 Justice Department on July 14 released detailed instructions to carry out President Trump’s executive order declaring English the official U.S. language by scaling back non-essential multilingual services.
  • Agencies have been ordered to suspend the federal LEP.gov website pending review and to inventory existing language assistance programs across all departments.
  • Funding saved from reducing translation and interpretation services will be redirected toward English-language education and assimilation initiatives for new Americans.
  • The guidance redefines civil-rights enforcement under Title VI by rejecting disparate impact theory and demanding proof of intentional discrimination in language-access cases.
  • All federal agencies must submit updated language access plans within 180 days and open them to public comment as part of the administration’s push for unity and efficiency.