The Spanish-language page on the White House’s website is seemingly down, only one day after President Donald Trump entered office.
Newsweek reached out to Trump’s press team for comment.
Why It Matters
Trump heavily focused his presidential campaign on illegal immigration and border security, as well as tariffs against Mexico. His comments follow record illegal crossings at the southwest border with Mexico during President Joe Biden’s term. One of the key policies was mass deportations of the millions of migrants in the country illegally.
Border crossings have steadily declined since an executive order from Biden in June which severely limited asylum entries into the U.S. Over 740 removal flights to 160-plus countries have been carried out since the rule was introduced.
An error message pops up when someone tries to enter the Spanish version of the White House website.
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What To Know
When visitors to the White House website try to enter the Spanish-language version, a 404-error message pops up, with the site indicating “page not found.”
The screen originally had a button that read “go home.” People suggested this was reminiscent of Trump’s immigration plans. The button has since been reworded to “go to homepage.”
The Spanish version of whitehouse.gov has previously been accessible via whitehouse.gov/es/. It was still operational on the morning of January 20, 2025.
A website for the Spanish version of the White House has been available since at least former President Bill Clinton’s presidency. The site, however, was removed during Trump’s first term which started in 2017.
The Spanish version of the White House X/Twitter account @LaCasaBlanca also no longer exists.
According to the 2022 Census Bureau data, the number of people in the United States that spoke a language other than English at home had tripled from 1980 to 2019. In 2019, 241 million people spoke a language other than English at home throughout the country.
The data shows that the Hispanic population is the largest minority group within the United States, also making Spanish the most common non-English language spoken at homes. The language accounted for 61.6 percent of languages other than English spoken in US homes in 2019. The next closest language was Chinese, at 5.2 percent.
Trump had reached a new benchmark for Hispanic favorability during the 2024 election cycle following his November 5 win. According to Economist/YouGov polls, Trump’s favorability among Hispanic voters hit an all-time high of 48 percent by November 26.
This trend underscores a growing acceptance of Trump among Hispanic voters, a demographic that has traditionally leaned Democratic. In the 2024 general election, Trump secured 46 percent of the Latino vote, according to NBC Exit Polls, surpassing the previous Republican high set by President George W. Bush in 2004.
What People Are Saying
Christopher Webb, who identified himself as a Democrat, on X: “Unbelievably petty! The Spanish language version of the White House website was deleted after the inauguration yesterday.”
Jeffrey Levy, who works in cybersecurity and identified himself as a Democrat, on X: “For all the Americans that speak Spanish the WH website is no longer available in Spanish. Trump did this last time also.”
What’s Next
Trump’s administration has also removed other sections of the White House website. There is no longer a White House office of public media webpage, and a government website that provided information on reproductive rights also appears to have gone offline.
Update, 01/21/25, 14:40 p.m. ET: This article was updated to include information about the White House homepage button.
