The Cafe' : CNN Politics - Here are the executive actions Biden has signed so far
By Christopher Hickey, Curt Merrill, Richard J. Chang, Kate Sullivan , Janie Boschma and Sean O’Key, CNN Updated February 11, 2021 President Joe Biden has signed a flurry of executive orders, actions and memorandums aimed at rapidly addressing the coronavirus pandemic and dismantling many of former President Donald Trump’s policies. The executive actions Biden has taken in the first days of his administration include halting funding for the construction of Trump’s border wall, reversing Trump’s travel ban targeting largely Muslim countries, imposing a mask mandate on federal property, ramping up vaccination supplies and requiring international travelers to provide proof of negative Covid-19 tests prior to traveling to the US. So far, Biden has signed more than 50 executive actions, 19 of which are direct reversals of Trump’s policies. Most of these actions have addressed the novel coronavirus, immigration and equity. Biden defends the number of executive a...