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March 1, 2025

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Trump signed EO 14224 designating English as the official U.S. language, revoking the federal multilingual access requirement

On March 1, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14224, designating English as the official language of the United States. The order rescinded Executive Order 13166, which since 2000 had required federal agencies to provide meaningful language access to individuals with limited English proficiency. The change eliminates a 25-year multilingual services framework affecting millions of non-English speakers who rely on federally funded programs, without any act of Congress.

ICE deported a cooperating federal witness before a cartel-linked trial, and his co-defendants were acquitted

ICE agents detained Javier Hernandez, a cooperating witness in a Los Angeles federal drug-trafficking prosecution, in Fontana, California in February 2025 and deported him to Tijuana, Mexico in March 2025, without consulting the U.S. Attorney's office prosecuting the case, according to a federal judge's on-the-record account and Los Angeles Times reporting. Deprived of Hernandez's testimony, his two co-defendants were acquitted of all charges; former ICE and Justice Department officials said prior administrations coordinated to keep cooperating witnesses and defendants in the country pending trial, while a DHS spokesperson defended the removal, calling Hernandez a "clear and present threat to public safety."