President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Friday that makes English the official language of the United States.
The order enables government agencies to maintain current policy and to offer documents and services in other languages, but it offers flexibility to decide when and how you can offer services in languages ​​other than English, according to the White House.
The move withdraws a mandate that dates from President Bill Clinton that requires agencies and other organizations that receive federal financing to offer language help to non-English speakers.
“It is a thing of the past that English is recognized as the official language of the United States,” said the fact sheet.
The exact timing about when Trump was set to sign the executive order on Friday was not immediately clear.
President Donald Trump on Friday 28 February in the White House. The president will sign an EO that makes English the official language of the US
While people in the United States speak more than 350 languages, English remains the most spoken language throughout the country.
Other languages ​​that are most spoken in the US are besides English Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Arabic.
According to the White House, setting up a national language “the fabric of our society, which makes citizens old and new.”
The factsheet notes that English has been the language of the US with both the declaration of independence and the American constitution written in English.
About 180 countries around the world have an official language and bring the US into a small minority so far.
There are 32 American states that have already designated English, the official language, according to the group US English who argues for English, the official language in the US
The White House claimed that setting up English if the official language promotes unity, creates efficiency in government operations and creates a path for social involvement. “
The order that Trump will sign on Friday is the last in a series of executive orders the president has signed since he took office
Trump argued that English is the official language on the campaign track and claims that there are languages ​​that people have never heard of.
Several legislators have also introduced legislation, making English the official language of the United States over the years, including as a recent is 2023 and this year.
Within a few hours after Trump was sworn last month, the Trump administration removed the Spanish language version of the official website of the White House.
The tradition of a Spanish -language website of the White House began under President George W Bush, but this was also removed during Trump's first term. The Biden administration continued the tradition for four years.
