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Alex Padilla: We write to express our strong opposition to the Trump Administration’s continued efforts to undermine the rights of…

On the recordJune 4, 2026
We write to express our strong opposition to the Trump Administration’s continued efforts to undermine the rights of English learners, including through the formal dissolution of the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) at the U.S. Department of Education (the Department).
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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Opposing the dissolution of OELA and its impact on English learners.

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