President-elect Joe Biden will sign 17 executive actions and orders in the early hours of his presidency on Wednesday.
The measures were expected to restore a series of Obama-era policies and reverse part of what the Biden team calls the Trump administration’s “most serious damage”.
Biden is expected to sign the executive actions of the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon after his inauguration, which should outline a “forward-looking” vision for his presidency.
“He wants to roll up his sleeves and get to work as quickly as possible,” said new White House press secretary Jen Psaki, adding that part of that job will be reversing the actions of his predecessor, President Trump, to meet Biden’s goals of “move the country forward”.
In his first actions as president, Biden must reverse and reverse a number of Trump’s policies and guidelines.
End of wall
Biden will declare “immediate termination” of funding for the construction of the border wall – ending an important Trump campaign and the government’s promise to “build a wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border. The change will determine an “immediate pause” in the construction of the walls and “will determine the best way to redirect the funds that were diverted by the previous administration to finance the construction of the walls”.
Biden will also sign an executive order that repeals Trump’s previous order that directed aggressive immigration enforcement. Biden’s team said the move would allow the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies to establish “civilian immigration policies that best protect the American people” and that are “in line with our values and priorities”.
“The Biden government will take a very different approach to regional migration,” said new White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, adding that there will be a “special emphasis” on addressing the “root causes of migration in the region”.
“The Biden government will take a very different approach to regional migration.”
President Donald Trump visits a section of the southern border wall, Wednesday, September 18, 2019, in Otay Mesa, California (Associated Press)
Sullivan added that Biden is “committed to rebuilding the nation’s asylum system”.
Biden must also “preserve and strengthen” the Obama era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which allows people who came to the United States as children to apply for deferred immigration and work permits for a renewal period two years. The Trump administration has sought to end the program since September 2017, mounting a series of federal court battles.
Next, Biden must sign an executive order that will end Trump’s “Muslim ban”, which Sullivan said has its roots in “religious animus and xenophobia”.
Trump, in 2017, signed an executive order suspending the entry into the US of individuals from mostly Muslim countries: Sudan, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and Iran. The travel ban was updated later that year to include North Korea and Venezuela. The Trump administration expanded the ban again in January 2020 to include six more countries.
The reversal of the Biden government will revoke Trump’s order and instruct the State Department to restart visa processing for affected countries in an effort to “restore justice and remedy the damage caused by the prohibitions.”
Sullivan also said that Biden’s action would strengthen the screening and verification of travelers, “improving information sharing” with foreign governments, while directing an additional review of other Trump administration “extreme verification” practices.
As for the census, Biden will sign an executive order on Wednesday to revoke the Trump administration’s plan to exclude noncitizens from the census and the distribution of representatives in Congress. Biden’s move will also ensure that the Census Bureau “has time” to complete “an accurate population count” for each state, which he will then present to Congress.
Biden will also take action on Wednesday to re-engage with the World Health Organization, following Trump’s decision to withdraw in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Biden administration will “work with WHO and our partners to strengthen and reform the organization, support COVID-19’s humanitarian and health response and promote global health and safety”.
The Biden team said that Dr. Anthony Fauci would head the Biden government delegation at the WHO Executive Council meeting this week.
Biden is also expected to restore the White House’s National Security Council pandemic unit, which Trump ended at the start of his government.
Back to paris
Meanwhile, Biden will sign the instrument to return to the Paris Climate Agreement – after the Trump administration officially left the agreement last year. The Paris Agreement was a global pact created during the Obama administration to combat climate change.
Biden’s national climate adviser, Gina McCarthy, said the move would be an “important step for the US to recover and strengthen its leadership opportunities”, and added that Biden made it “quite clear” that climate change “poses an existential threat. “.
Next, Biden must sign an executive order that will reverse Trump’s environmental actions – including the revocation of Trump’s presidential proclamations and other signed actions that McCarthy claims “do not serve the US national interest”.
The move will also revoke the presidential license granted to the Keystone XL Pipeline – a “promise” made by Biden during the campaign, McCarthy said.
“He will sign a broad executive order that will take imperative steps to tackle our climate crisis and create good union jobs and promote environmental justice,” said McCarthy, adding that Biden will also reverse “more than 100 of the previous government’s damaging policies.”
Regarding the coronavirus pandemic, Biden on Wednesday will launch a “100-day masking challenge” and will sign an executive order demanding masks and physical distance in all federal buildings, on all federal land and by federal officials and hired.
Affordable housing
Biden will also extend eviction and foreclosure moratoriums to those affected by the “unprecedented housing accessibility crisis” caused by the pandemic until March 31.
The director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese, said that emergency measures “are important”, but said that “they are not a substitute” and asked Congress to pass legislation.
“These measures are important, but they are not enough,” said Deese, saying, however, that the measures “are immediately useful and will help millions of families.”
Biden should also ask the Department of Education to consider “immediately extending” the pause in interest and principal payments on federal student loans until September 30.
Deese added that Biden “supports immediate action by Congress to cancel $ 10,000 in student loan debt per person.”
“These are emergency measures that will help ensure that no American is put in place to make the decision to pay off their student loans or put food on the table,” said Deese, adding that this “will help provide short-term relief.”
Meanwhile, White House internal policy consultant Susan Rice said Biden on Wednesday will put “racial justice and equity at the center of our agenda” and create a “governmental approach to racial justice”.
Biden’s team will put “racial justice and equity at the center of our agenda”.
Biden will sign an executive order to “define equity as the consistent, systemic, fair, just and impartial treatment of all individuals”, including those who “belong to needy communities, such as blacks, Latinos, Indians and Native Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and others of color; LGBTQ + people; people with disabilities, religious minorities; people living in rural areas; and people otherwise affected by poverty or persistent inequality. “
Rice said Biden will direct federal agencies to review the state of equity within their agencies, work with the Office of Management and Budget to “equitably allocate federal resources to empower and invest in communities of color and other underserved communities” ; improve the delivery of government benefit services to ensure that families “can access opportunities” and more.
Biden will also sign an executive order that prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and gender identity and will guide agencies to take all legal measures to ensure that federal anti-discrimination statutes prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender and protecting the rights of LGBTQ + individuals.
Other actions Biden will take on Wednesday include signing a memorandum to extend the designation of Deferred Forced Departure to Liberians who have been in the United States for many years until June 30, 2022. The memo will also have work permits for Liberians extended and will direct the secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that Citizens Immigration Services facilitate “ease of application and timely judgment” for Liberians applying for residency.
‘Ethical commitment’
Biden will also sign an executive order to “restore and maintain public and government trust” and will order all nominees in the executive branch to sign the “ethical commitment”, which will ensure that employees act in the interests of the American people and not for gain folks.
Biden will also issue a memo on Wednesday withdrawing the Trump administration’s regulatory process in an effort to “remove those unnecessary obstacles to regulation in the public interest”.
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New White House chief of staff Ron Klain will also issue a regulatory freeze memo on Wednesday, which will halt the progress of any new regulations and give the Biden government a change to revise any regulations the Trump administration tried to finalize in the last days.
Jen Psaki said that in the coming days and weeks, Biden will be “announcing additional executive actions that address these challenges and deliver on the President-elect’s promises to the American people, including lifting the ban on military service to American transgender people and reversing City Policy. from Mexico. “
Mexico City policy prohibits the use of taxpayer dollars to finance abortions in foreign countries.