Here s a comprehensive list of every executive order President Biden has signed so far
Since taking office on January 20, President Joe Biden has signed a slew of executive orders addressing the economy, civil rights, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and more. Biden has also taken steps to overturn key Trump initiatives, which his advisors have said will reverse the gravest damages done to the country by the Trump Administration.
Here s a comprehensive list of every executive order President Biden has signed so far, and what each means for the United States.
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Jan. 20: Executive Order on Protecting Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing: Requires compliance with coronavirus guidelines such as physical distancing and wearing a face mask while on federal property.
Updated Feb 24, 2021 | 14:04 IST
The decision to return to the 2008 version of the civics test is likely to benefit the Indian diaspora in the US eligible for citizenship. US President Joe Biden. | Photo Credit: AP
Key Highlights
The latest decision by the Biden administration is in keeping with the recently sworn-in US president s February 2 Executive Order
In December 2020, as part of a series of reforms that many have contended were anti-immigration in nature, the previous Trump administration put into effect a new civics test that, reportedly, made it more difficult for eligible immigrants to attain US citizenship
During the 12 months between September 30, 2018, and September 30, 2019, a total of 61,843 Indians gained US citizenship, making up 7.5 per cent of the total cohort granted citizenship
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From the day he took office, President Biden began the process of changing the immigration enforcement policies that existed during the Trump Administration. Indeed, the White House has proposed legislation and issued 13 executive orders, presidential proclamations and presidential memoranda related to immigration since Mr. Biden took office on January 20, 2021.
Now, with Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas recently confirmed, some of the Biden Administration’s immigration enforcement priorities as carried out by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are coming into sharper focus. [
Disclosure: Prior to his confirmation as Secretary of Homeland Security, Mr. Mayorkas was a partner at WilmerHale.] Most of the priorities and initiatives announced so far relate to migration along the southern border, and it is not entirely clear yet how the new administration’s enforcement priorities will affect busine