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In his first act in the Oval Office, Biden signed 17 decrees and proclamations aimed at undoing many of the measures taken by his predecessor, Donald Trump, several related to immigration.
Among them, Joe Biden signed this Wednesday an executive order to prevent the exit from his country from the World Health Organization (WHO), a process initiated by his predecessor, Donald Trump, and which was scheduled to take effect in July 2021.
One of Biden’s first acts as president was stop the process that Trump officially started in July last year to remove the United States from the WHO, an organization that he also stopped helping economically, which was a great It was blown away because the US was its biggest donor.
Biden’s measures will also end the travel ban that Trump imposed in some Muslim-majority countries. He is also asking his administration to strengthen the DACA program for immigrants brought to the United States as children.
The new president is also ordering the use of masks and social distancing in all federal buildings and land.
Additionally, it ended with a declaration of national emergency that was the basis for diverting some federal funds to build a wall along the border between the United States and Mexico.
With information from EFE
