State Dining Room 2:14 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well folks, today I have two announcements to make. One, is we’ve got ourselves a Secretary. Xavier, welcome. SECRETARY BECERRA: Thank you, Mr. President. THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for being willing to do this, and I really appreciate. And also today, I’ve — I said when we became…
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Remarks by President Biden at Signing of Executive Orders Advancing His Priority to Modernize Our Immigration System
Oval Office 5:25 PM THE PRESIDENT: Well, let me begin by saying, from all three of us — the Vice President, the new Secretary of Homeland Security — that our hearts go out to the families of these FBI special agents, and — two of whom were killed and three of whom were injured today…
Executive Order on Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Over 40 million foreign-born individuals live in the United States today. Millions more Americans have immigrants in their families or ancestry. New Americans and their children fuel our economy, working…
FACT SHEET: President Biden Outlines Steps to Reform Our Immigration System by Keeping Families Together, Addressing the Root Causes of Irregular Migration, and Streamlining the Legal Immigration System
Biden-Harris Administration Forms Family Reunification Task Force and Issues Executive Orders on Regional Migration and Legal Immigration On January 20th, the Biden Harris Administration took the first steps in a broad, whole of government effort to finally reform our immigration system, including sending to Congress legislation that creates a pathway to citizenship for the nearly…
Executive Order on the Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Fact Sheet: President Biden Sends Immigration Bill to Congress as Part of His Commitment to Modernize our Immigration System
The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 establishes a new system to responsibly manage and secure our border, keep our families and communities safe, and better manage migration across the Hemisphere President Biden is sending a bill to Congress on day one to restore humanity and American values to our immigration system. The bill provides hardworking…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 21, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:29 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Q Hi, good afternoon. MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon. Okay. Today, the President will announce that on Thursday he expects he will meet his goal of 200 million shots administered in 100 days — or under 100 days, I should say — a…
Readout of Oval Office Meeting with Congressional Hispanic Caucus Leadership
Today, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hosted the leadership of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) in the Oval Office to discuss topics of critical importance including vaccine equity and the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, the impact of the American Jobs Plan on Latino communities, immigration reform and a humanitarian response at the…
Remarks by President Biden Before Meeting with Leadership of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Oval Office 11:43 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for taking the time to come in. We’re having a very important meeting. There’s a lot on our agenda from the CHC. We got a lot to talk about. Representatives from the House and the Senate — and I want to express my gratitude to the Caucus…
Memorandum for the Secretary of State on the Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in accordance with section 207(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the “Act”) (8 U.S.C. 1157(b)), and after appropriate consultation with the Congress, I have determined that subsequent to the signing of Presidential Determination 2021-02…