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CAPAC criticizes Trump over cuts to multilingual services
CAPAC pointed out that the administration is cutting federal funding for English language integration programs.
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Pranavi Sharma - Tue, 22, Jul 2025
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The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) has strongly criticized the Trump administration for reducing access to multilingual services in federal programs, calling the move discriminatory and harmful to immigrants.
In an official statement, CAPAC leadership said President Donald Trump’s recent efforts to limit language access under the guise of “national unity” are a direct attack on communities with limited English proficiency. The criticism comes in response to a new administration memo directing agencies to reduce or eliminate the use of multilingual services in federal outreach and communication efforts.
“Everyone deserves full and equal access to federal programs, no matter what language they speak,” the statement said. “Yet President Trump is determined to strip multilingual services away from millions of immigrants and people with limited English proficiency under the guise of ‘national unity.’”
CAPAC pointed out that while the administration frames the English-only mandate as a way to promote unity, it is simultaneously cutting federal funding for English language integration programs.
“It is hypocritical for the administration to claim its English-only mandate promotes unity while simultaneously slashing millions in federal funding for English language integration programs,” the statement read. “This memo only serves to make life harder for immigrants and deny the government programs they deserve.”
CAPAC also rejected the suggestion that speaking another language diminishes one’s identity as an American.
“English may be the common language of our nation, but speaking another language does not make anyone less American,” the statement said. “And no matter what President Trump believes, he does not—and will never—have the power to decide who is truly American.”
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