Immigration, rent, pandemic: what Trump decisions will Biden immediately overturn

Joe Biden intends to devote his first hours in the White House to reversing the decisions of the Donald Trump administration, which, according to the incoming US President, caused “severe damage” to the country, he writes. Air force.

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A few days before the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, representatives of the Biden team said that they consider the policies of the previous administration “devastating for the country,” and the new head of the White House himself intends to devote the first days of his presidency to undoing the decisions made by his predecessor.

In a “First 10 Day Review” memo sent to “new senior White House officials” on January 16, Biden's chief of staff Ron Klain said Trump's actions have left the United States facing "four crises at once: the pandemic crisis coronavirus, the economic crisis caused by the pandemic, the climate crisis and the crisis related to racial inequality.”

“In his first ten days as president...Biden will take decisive action to resolve these four crises, prevent other...threats and restore America's position in the world,” Klain said.

According to the interlocutors of the BBC Russian Service, close to the new administration, first of all, Biden intends to cancel five decisions of his predecessor. Here they are.

Paris Climate Agreement

In June 2017, President Trump announced that the United States was going to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. The treaty, which was supported by 195 states of the world, obliges countries to limit the level of harmful emissions into the atmosphere.

Despite criticism, in November 2019, the Trump administration filed for withdrawal from the treaty. A year later, this decision came into legal force.

Developing a new strategy to combat climate change was one of the main themes of Biden's election campaign. It is expected that on January 20, he will announce that the United States will once again become a member of the Paris Agreement.

For the first time in history, the new US administration will have the position of “climate czar” - former Secretary of State John Kerry will take the place of the curator of this global problem.

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US travel ban

One of the first decisions of the Trump administration in January 2017 was the signing of an executive order banning travel to the United States for representatives of seven predominantly Muslim countries.

The presidential order then sparked a wave of protests in the United States. It was repeatedly tried to challenge it in courts, until in 2018 the document signed by Trump, with minor changes, was not approved by the US Supreme Court.

During his election campaign, Biden repeatedly referred to the harassment of racial and religious minorities. In his memorandum, the new head of the White House administration, Klein, confirmed that immediately after the inauguration, the president is going to lift Trump's ban.

Immigration solutions

According to statements by representatives of the new administration, on the first day after joining the White House, Biden intends to submit to the US Congress a bill suggesting that approximately 11 million illegal immigrants living in the country within eight years can not only obtain legal status, but also apply for citizenship.

According to this bill, illegal immigrants will have to undergo a police check, prove that they have no criminal record or violations of the law, and also provide documents on payment of taxes. Five years after that, they will be able to apply for a residence permit in the United States (green card), and after another three years and for citizenship.

For some categories of migrants, including children who were brought into the United States by their parents, as well as agricultural workers, these periods can be reduced.

Biden also announced that he will take immediate action to end family separation on the southern border of the United States.

By order of the Trump administration, adults and children detained for illegally crossing the border with Mexico were held in separate immigration centers pending trial. As a result, several hundred children were separated from their parents.

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Mask mode

According to the new White House chief of staff, in his first days in office, Biden intends to announce new rules aimed at combating the pandemic. This will include the launch of the so-called “100 Day Masking Challenge”.

“Wearing masks will become mandatory on the territory of all federal facilities, as well as when crossing state borders,” Klein said.

On Tuesday, January 19, less than a day before the start of Biden's inauguration ceremony, Johns Hopkins University confirmed that more than 400 thousand people have died from coronavirus infection in the United States.

Eviction ban and students

The new president is also going to appeal to the Department of Education with a request to extend the moratorium on the payment of loans taken by students to pay for tuition.

In the spring of last year, among the measures taken in connection with the coronavirus epidemic, the US Congress temporarily allowed not to pay these loans. This moratorium expired at the end of December 2020 and, according to the new administration, should be extended indefinitely.

Biden is also going to insist on an extension of the moratorium on the eviction of tenants who, due to the pandemic, cannot pay for their housing. The temporary ban on such evictions also expired at the end of December, at least 14 million Americans were at risk of losing their homes.

Biden himself believes that the ban on eviction of non-payers should be extended until at least September 2021.

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