Joe Biden, President of the USA, Signs 17 Executive Orders on First Day

President Joe Biden is finalizing 17 executive orders hours after his inauguration.

Biden said “There’s no time to start like today,” and “I’m going to start by keeping the promises I made to the American people.”

Executive Orders:

1. “100 Days Masking Challenge”
2. Restructure federal government coordination to the COVID-19 pandemic
3. Rejoin the World Health Organization (WHO)
4. Extend eviction and foreclosure moratoriums
5. Continue “pause” on student loan payments until September 30
6. Rejoin the Paris Climate agreement
7. End Keystone XL pipeline and revoke oil and gas development at national wildlife monuments
8. Actions to advance racial equity through the federal government
9. Count non-US citizens in census again
10. Strengthen workplace discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity
11. Defend “Dreamers” program for undocumented young Americans
12. End the “Muslim travel ban”
13. Change Trump’s arrest priorities for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
14. Stop border wall construction
15. Keep protections for a group of Liberians in the USA
16. Freezing last-minute Trump administration regulatory actions
17. Formulate Executive Branch ethics doctrine

Source: CNN