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In an effort to advance the Trump administration’s white supremacist, anti-immigrant agenda, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will only produce materials in English, according to an internal memo obtained by the New York Post.

“All HUD communications, correspondence, and physical and digital published materials will be produced exclusively in English,” the memo states. The agency will also “no longer offer non-English translation services.”

The memo, authored by HUD deputy secretary Andrew Hughes, directed staff to “immediately remove all printed or digital collateral about non-English translation services currently displayed in HUD offices or HUD-funded facilities.”

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The memo continued: “HUD will continue to ensure that all persons have meaningful access to HUD programs and services” and that the agency “will continue to provide communication services to the hearing and seeing impaired, and persons with related disabilities.”

“We are one people, united, and we will speak with one voice and one language to deliver on our mission of expanding housing that is affordable, helping those in need,........

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