USA: Is Joe Biden Favorable To Key Policy “Immigration”? What To Expect From The New President’s First Actions?
USA Begins New History
The USA kickstarted a new history by sending Donald Trump, who is controversial in many aspects to the recent Capitol Building violence, out of the white house, and paved the red carpet for the new president Joe Biden.
US President Inauguration- Vice President Is Indian Origin
The 78year old Joe Biden won against the previous President Donald Trump in the November 2020 elections to become the 46th president of the United States. However, The inauguration of Joe Biden happened on January 20, 2021, making him officially the president of the United States for a 4-years term. The Indian origin Kamala Harris stepped in as the vice president.
Joe Biden IN to Whitehouse-Trump OUT to Mar-a-Lago
The official residence and workplace of the president of the USA, the Whitehouse has witnessed the incoming of the new president and outgoing of the ex-president Donald Trump who exited from the Whitehouse on Wednesday. Trump along with his wife Melania Trump bid farewell to his supporters and staff and boarded the prestigious aircraft of US “Air Force One” to head to the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
What Factors Favoured Biden’s Win on Trump?
There is more positivity towards Joe Biden among the citizens of the USA and declared him as their president with a massive vote share. His speeches and assurances for a better USA and his stand on pandemic control in election campaigns gained him popularity. Not only among US citizens, there was extremely positive opinion in immigrants and also out of the USA including India.
Besides his seniority and vast experience in the US political system, his association with ex-president Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States (2009–17), also played a key role in his victory. Joe Bide served as the vise president of Obama’s administration.
The controversies around Donald Trump including his decisions on immigration policies, his view and actions on covid19, and hate speeches on various incidents, are also key in Biden’s win as president of superpower United States
Joe Biden First Signatures as President-Reversal of Trump’s Policies
After stepping into the shoes of the US president, Joe Biden signed few main policies such as immigration, pandemic control, and climate/environmental protection.
On his first day, the new president reversed the few policy decisions created by the Trump administration.
Biden signed an executive order to make masks and social distancing compulsory, he even launched the “100 Days Masking Challenge” to prepare Americans to wear masks. Trump's opinion on masks, sanitizers, and other covid control measures is well known to us. However, the new president is more focused on pandemic control and health and safety measures.
Joe Biden has revered Trump's decision of stepping out of the World Health Organization. and appointed Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to lead the US delegation in WHO.
During the Trump administration, the US opted out of the Paris agreement that is an international treaty on climate change. However, the latest president resigned the Paris Agreement
Biden revered trump’s anti-immigration policy that stops immigrants from majority-Muslim nations to step into the USA.
These are a few of the key executive orders by Biden in total 15.
Extensive Sweeping Immigration Reform-US Citizenship Act of 2021-Benefits Indian Workers
Joe Biden is more focussed on the immigration system, he is proposing the most sweeping reform in the US citizenship act of 1986.
Biden sent the new bill named US Citizenship Act of 2021 to congress and it replaces the old act. He is willing to modernize the immigration system by awarding an 8-year citizenship pathway to the people living in America illegally i.e without proper documentation.
The policy will help thousands of Indian IT professionals who are waiting for legal permanent residency or green card from long time
Revival of Immigration, International Education, International Engagement
The international education sector comprising the US’s colleges and universities and educational associations welcomed the arrival of the new president and have pinned big hopes on him and are expecting a firm change in the policies made by the previous government that is tearing the United States's reputation of Ideal Study Destination among international students.
The international students' strength which was impacted due to Trump’s policies on study visas, work permits(OPT) is expected to rise in the latest administration of the USA, as the new president is reversing the earlier policies, rules, and regulations.
There is more positivity and confidence among abroad pupils and skilled workers on Biden's determination
Workforce outside the USA like Indians are also expecting some positive outcomes in USA’s work and immigration policies
Though the Lottery system in H1B visas got canceled and high skilled workers will get high wages through the new H1B rule, skilled workers from abroad are expecting a significant favour and are also having hopes on Biden.
Biden’s earlier speeches in various events depict his view about international education, immigration, and international engagement.
The senior politician seems to be open-minded and favorable to international engagement rather than Trump's nature of “America Great”. The USA is expected to extend friendly and supportive alliances to foreign nations under the new government.
The actions and directions of Biden in a few days are promising the Revival of Immigration, International Education, International Engagement. Let's hope for the best.