“America is back, the trans-Atlantic alliance is back.” – So
declared President Biden on February 23, 2021. Apparently, however, Antony J. Blinken, the newly installed U.S. Secretary of State (DOS), didn’t get the memo. On March 2, 2021, he “
Presidential Proclamation (PP) 10143 [relating] to the Schengen Area, United Kingdom, and Ireland.” As DOS’s announcement of the rescission noted, PP 10143, issued on January 25, 2021, restricted the issuance of visas and U.S. entry to “certain technical experts and specialists, senior-level managers and executives, treaty-traders and investors, professional athletes, and their dependents.”
NIEs for travelers from these Trans-Atlantic countries had been granted (at times with relative ease at some U.S. embassies and consular posts) based on previous State Department guidance. Under the prior guidance, executives, managers and specialists in the E-1 and E-2 (treaty traders and investors), H-1B (specialty occupation work
President Biden’s Immigration Executive Actions: A Recap
President Biden signs executive orders on immigration on Feb. 2, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
In his first weeks in office, President Biden issued several executive actions focused on reevaluating and unwinding the panoply of protectionist immigration policies former President Trump set in place through executive branch action. Some actions, like the Task Force on the Reunification of Families, focus on repairing past harms. Others, like Biden’s executive order on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), are largely symbolic and serve as a clear repudiation of the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant agenda. While the executive actions are a meaningful first step, their scope is limited for a number of reasons.
Here s a comprehensive list of every executive order President Biden has signed so far
Since taking office on January 20, President Joe Biden has signed a slew of executive orders addressing the economy, civil rights, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and more. Biden has also taken steps to overturn key Trump initiatives, which his advisors have said will reverse the gravest damages done to the country by the Trump Administration.
Here s a comprehensive list of every executive order President Biden has signed so far, and what each means for the United States.
COVID-19 RELIEF
Jan. 20: Executive Order on Protecting Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing: Requires compliance with coronavirus guidelines such as physical distancing and wearing a face mask while on federal property.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that beginning on March 1, 2021, it is reverting to the 2008 version of the naturalization civics test. On.
International Business News: The Biden administration has announced to do away with the stringent Trump-era citizenship test and revert to the easier 2008 version, making the US