On his first day in office, President Joe Biden reversed
nine of the policies introduced by his predecessor on key areas including
immigration, racism and climate change.
Hours after being inaugurated the 46th president of the
United States, Biden issued 17 executive orders, telling reporters “there’s no
time to start like today”.
“I’m going to start by keeping the promises I made to the
American people,” CNN quoted him as saying in the oval office.
His administrative posture is a direct contrast with that of
Donald Trump who, in the last four years, introduced bans targeting largely
Muslim countries and blocked progressive policies on the environment and
diversity.
Keeping true to his campaign promises, Biden halted the US’
departure from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and began the process of
rejoining the Paris climate accord which Trump had said “disadvantages”
Americans.
The accord is an international treaty on climate change
signed by nearly 200 countries. Its goal is to limit global warming to well
below 2°C and also strengthen countries’ ability to deal with the impacts of
climate change.
The 46th president also halted funding for the construction
of Trump’s border wall at the US-Mexico border where more than 700km barrier
has been built.
His first action was to impose a mask mandate on federal
property, a break from the style of Trump who often downplayed the risk of the
coronavirus pandemic that has killed 412,000 Americans.
He also reversed a policy on census, now making it possible
for non-citizens to be included in the census and apportionment of
congressional representatives.
On equity, he rescinded the 1776 Commission which Trump established
following a slew of Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the country, and
directed agencies to review their actions to ensure racial equity.
In addition to reversing the restrictions on US entry for
passport holders from seven Muslim-majority countries, he also halted the
expansion of immigration enforcement within the United States.
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