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One of the 17 Executive Orders that President Joe Biden signed on his first day in the White House reverses a decree of former President Donald Trump that criminalized the presence of undocumented persons, prohibited sanctuary jurisdictions and established new deportation priorities .
“The Executive Order 13768 of 25 January 2017 (Improving Public Safety in the Interior of the United States ) ”, Ordered the new US president this Wednesday ..
Through this decree, Biden orders the“ Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the heads of any other relevant executive department and agency ”to review and take action on the order of your pr edecessor , who considered the undocumented a threat to public and national security.
The president emphasizes that the immigrants “have helped strengthen families, communities, businesses, the workforce and the economy of the United States, infusing the country creativity, energy and ingenuity, ”according to Univision.
Biden believes that in this way protects national security and border and “address the humanitarian challenges of the southern border”. The President is committed to reestablishing immigration law policies and practices to “safeguard the dignity and well-being of all families and communities.”
