No, Trump has not banned Spanish in the US
Some claim that speaking Spanish in the US will earn you a fine or even a prison sentence, as part of a measure known as 'La Ley del Silencio Hispanico', or 'The Law of Hispanic Silence'.
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Some claim that speaking Spanish in the US will earn you a fine or even a prison sentence, as part of a measure known as 'La Ley del Silencio Hispanico', or 'The Law of Hispanic Silence'.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/12/no-trump-has-not-banned-spanish-in-the-us
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00:00No, Trump has not banned Spanish in the United States.
00:08A series of publications on social media claim that President Donald Trump has announced
00:13prison sentences and sentences for people who speak Spanish in the United States.
00:18This video posted on TikTok says that Trump has completely banned Spanish
00:23and that only English can be spoken in the United States.
00:27It states that people caught speaking Spanish will receive a $5,000 fine
00:32or could even end up in prison, and that Trump has threatened to deport
00:37anyone who does not comply with the new rules.
00:40A video posted on iq says that immigrants will be arrested and expelled from the country
00:46or fined $2,000 if they are found speaking Spanish in public places.
00:51It states that the measure is known as the Spanish Silence Law.
00:56However, this is false. There has been no official announcement of a ban on Spanish
01:02and no media outlet has reported it.
01:06The most likely source of these false statements is the executive order that Trump signed
01:12on March 1 and that established English as the official federal language of the United States.
01:18This executive order means that government agencies can decide
01:23if they offer documents and services in languages other than English.
01:28It also evokes a policy that forced these agencies to provide linguistic assistance
01:34to non-English-speaking people, implemented under the presidency of Bill Clinton in 2000.
01:40In any case, Spanish defense groups have expressed their frustration
01:45over the White House's decision to remove the Spanish version of their website.
01:50It has not yet been restored, despite the guarantees of the White House that it would.