Joe Biden has made a number of decisions as President of the United States in his first few weeks. A list of some of his major actions from NBC below…
Climate:
Executive order rejoining the Paris Agreement
Executive order to cancel Keystone XL permit
Executive order to combat climate change
Discrimination:
Executive order for racial equity
Executive order banning discrimination for sexual orientation or gender identity
Executive order reversing transgender ban in military
Immigration:
Reversing US ban of refugees from 7 majorly Muslim countries
Executive order to revise immigration policies
Executive order to include undocumented immigrants in census
Proclamation to stop funds to the wall
Memorandum augmenting DACA
Government:
Executive order to create Covid-19 response coordinator
Executive order requiring masks on federal property
Executive order requiring ethics pledge for government workers
Executive order stalling federal student loan payments
By: Katherine Conway’ 21, World and Local News Editor
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