Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, vowing to end the ‘uncivil war’ in a deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pa…
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Ending Muslim travel ban , rejoining Paris climate agreement top Joe Biden s to-do list on Day 1 in office
Hours after being sworn in as the 46th US president, Joe Biden would sign 15 executive orders including rejoining the Paris climate agreement, a 100-day mask mandate, and reversing the Muslim ban undoing some of the major policies of his predecessor Donald Trump. Biden s first presidential actions would also include sending a comprehensive bill on immigration to the Congress, incoming White House officials said.
The immigration bill proposes an eight-year pathway to illegal immigrants and removing the per-country cap for employment-based green cards, a move that would benefit hundreds and thousands of Indian IT professionals in the US, whose current wait period for legal permanent residency runs into several decades.