Yesterday, President Biden signed three immigration-related executive orders. The majority of the provisions included in these executive orders address humanitarian and family reunification efforts called for through government agencies under the new presidential administration. 

 

However, notably, business- and family-based intending immigrants may now be less at risk of denial of their applications for permanent residence due to a (much-litigated) public charge ground of inadmissibility, which came to the forefront of the immigration process during the Trump administration. While applicants have been largely required to submit evidence that they are unlikely to become a public charge should they be granted permanent residence, it has yet to be seen whether eligibility for Green Cards will be impacted by the Trump-era emphasis on existing law in this area. President Biden has directed relevant agencies to clarify requirements, indicating a possible hesitation to strictly enforce the public charge provisions under U.S. immigration law.

 

These orders also revoked seven presidential actions (i.e., executive orders, presidential proclamations, and other presidential orders, memorandums, determinations and notices) implemented under the Trump administration.

 

Yesterday’s executive orders by the office of the president cover the following:

 
Executive order on Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans):  

 

Executive order on Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border:

 

Executive Order on the Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families:

 

Please contact your LMWF professional with any questions concerning these executive actions.