Biden to sign Executive Order to rescind travel ban

President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign roughly a dozen executive orders, including rejoining the Paris climate accord and ending the travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries, on his first day in office, according to a memo from incoming chief of staff Ron Klain.Hell also sign orders halting evictions and student loan payments during the coronavirus pandemic and issuing a mask mandate on all federal property in an effort to either roll back moves made by the Trump administration or advance policy in a way that was impossible in the current administration.One of Bidens most common campaign trail promises was to tackle an issue on his first day in officea pledge he usually made to either contrast himself with President Donald Trump or highlight just how important he believed an issue to be.These promises were made on everything from climate change to immigration to foreign policy, and many are reflected in Klains Saturday memo, which was first reported by the New York Times.Beyond executive actions in his first days in office, the memo outlines that Biden plans to send Congress a large-scale immigration plan within his first 100 days in office.Read Also:Biden Twitter account starts from zero with no Trump followersThe plan would offer a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrations currently in the United States.Biden rolled out his first legislative priority this week, announcing a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that included direct payments to Americans.The day after Biden is inaugurated, according to Klain, he will sign a number of executive actions to move aggressively to change the course of the COVID-19 crisis and safely re-open schools and businesses, including by taking action to mitigate spread through expanding testing, protecting workers, and establishing clear public health standards.And on January 22, Biden will direct his Cabinet agencies to take immediate action to deliver economic relief to working families bearing the brunt of this crisis, Klain writes.
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