Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025, the official White House website underwent significant changes, prompting discussions about the administration’s priorities. Among the most notable alterations were the removal of the White House Spanish page and the website section featuring the U.S. Constitution. Harrison Fields, the principal White House deputy press secretary, said in a statement regarding some of the missing pages, "It's day two. We are in the process of developing, editing and tweaking the White House website. As part of this ongoing work, some of the archived content on the website went dormant. We are committed to reloading that content in a short timeline."
What appears to be a permanent removal, however, is the Spanish-language version of the site, previously found at WhiteHouse.gov/es. Visitors to the site now get a 404 error message and a “Go to Homepage” button. Some early viral reports on social media claimed that the text used to read “Go Home” instead of “Go to Homepage,” but Luz Media was unable to verify the veracity of the viral image.
The removal of the Spanish-language site mirrors a similar decision during Trump’s first term in 2017 when the Spanish-language landing page also went offline. At the time, former press secretary Sean Spicer indicated that the page would return, but it remained unavailable throughout Trump’s four years in office. The absence of Spanish-language resources marks a departure from a tradition upheld by previous administrations, starting with George W. Bush in 2001 and continuing through the Obama and Biden presidencies.
The removal of the Spanish-language page comes alongside other immigration-related executive orders signed by Trump on his first day in office. These include reviving the “Remain in Mexico” policy, restarting construction of the border wall, and introducing a controversial effort to end birthright citizenship.
While the Constitution is widely accessible through other government and educational platforms, other White House website pages, such as the Bill of Rights and biographies of former presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, and Bill Clinton still appear as “Error 404 - Page Not Found” at the time of this writing.
The administration requested patience as they continued to update and build the new White House website and affirmed their commitment to restoring the missing content. "We are committed to bringing back online the Spanish translation section of the website," Fields said, as reported by USA Today.
LGBTQ and HIV-focused resources, which were previously available on various government websites, have also been removed from the White House website. This includes the elimination of pages dedicated to LGBTQ rights on the Department of State's website and the removal of LGBTQ workers' information from the Department of Labor's site. Additionally, the White House website no longer features a contact form that allows users to specify their preferred pronouns, a feature that was implemented during the Biden administration.
These changes to the White House website coincided with the removal of reproductiverights.gov, a Biden-era initiative providing resources on reproductive health, including abortion access. These adjustments are part of broader efforts by the Trump administration to reshape digital communication in alignment with its policy goals.
The administration also discontinued the use of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection One app for scheduling appointments for migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, a tool introduced under President Biden to facilitate legal entry for migrants. The app, which allowed appointments for 1,450 individuals daily at border crossings, was a central component of Biden’s immigration strategy, aiming to create structured pathways for legal entry while discouraging unauthorized crossings. Nearly 1 million people have used the app to enter the U.S. legally since its launch in early 2023. Its termination leaves migrants who had secured appointments weeks in advance without options.
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