Chinanews, January 23, comprehensive report, after the US President Biden formally took office on the 20th, he has introduced a number of administrative measures to vigorously promote the "New Deal", and his Democratic Party is also actively promoting the appointment process of relevant cabinet members in the Senate. .

In addition, the Biden administration has also faced its first legal challenge since taking office.

The picture shows US President Biden signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Biden signs two more executive orders

Low-income earners, workers or benefit

　　According to reports, on the 22nd local time, Biden signed two more administrative orders to deal with the economic losses caused by the new crown pandemic.

These measures include the expansion of food stamps and the initiation of procedures to raise the minimum hourly wage of all federal employees to $15, which may benefit low-income families and workers.

　　The first administrative order is designed to help low-income people who have difficulty solving the problem of food and clothing, have not received the first two rounds of direct payment or are unemployed.

The specific content includes the 15% increase in the benefits of the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer Program (P-EBT) during the new crown epidemic, etc., which aims to provide funds to low-income families whose children’s schools are closed to replace the free or reduced prices they could have originally received meal.

　　Biden plans to extend the policy of increasing the maximum benefit of the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by 15% from June to September 2021.

Biden will also ask the Department of Agriculture to consider revising its Thrifty Food Program (TFP), which is the basis for determining food stamp benefits to better reflect the current cost of healthy basic diets.

　　In addition, Biden will urge the Treasury Department to take measures to more effectively pay the bailout checks approved by Congress to eligible people.

At the same time, Biden will ask the Department of Labor to formulate rules stating that during the epidemic, workers have the right to refuse jobs with health risks without losing their eligibility for unemployment benefits.

　　The second executive order targets three executive orders signed by Trump in 2018 that make it easier to fire federal employees and weaken their unions.

The Biden administration believes that Trump’s executive order undermines workers’ collective bargaining capabilities.

　　In addition, Biden also asked his government to begin preparations for another executive order, requiring federal contractors to provide a minimum wage of $15 an hour and emergency paid leave.

Biden plans to sign the order within 100 days of taking office.

Data map: At noon on January 20, local time, Biden was formally sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on Capitol Hill.

The picture shows US President Biden reviewing the army.

Initiate cross-departmental cooperation

Combating domestic terrorist threats

　　In addition to economic reforms, the White House also announced on the 22nd an inter-departmental action to eradicate domestic extremism.

　　Biden has asked the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to cooperate with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the threat.

　　White House Spokesperson Pasha Qi referred to the rise of domestic violent extremism as an "increasing national security threat" and said that the Biden administration "will respond to this threat with the necessary resources and determination."

　　The National Security Council (NSC) of the Biden administration has been instructed to review how the government can better share information about potential domestic terrorist threats, deter radicals, and combat extremist networks.

　　The National Security Council will also lead government-wide actions to combat "evolving threats and radicalism" and will focus on the role of social media in inciting extremism.

　　Passage directly linked these actions to the Capitol riots on January 6, when Trump supporters tried to prevent Congress from accrediting the electoral college voting.

Data map: US-Mexico border wall.

Biden administration welcomes first lawsuit since taking office

This state challenges the "removal ban"

　　According to the latest executive order signed by Biden, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will suspend the deportation of "specified non-citizens" for 100 days starting on the 22nd. This triggered a lawsuit filed by Texas, which is the first batch of cases encountered by the new government since taking office. One of the legal challenges.

　　In the three days since taking office, Biden has signed a series of executive orders, one of which revokes Trump's authorization to list all illegal immigrants in the United States as priority deportation.

On the 22nd, Texas filed a federal lawsuit seeking to suspend the deportation injunction that began on the 22nd.

　　As the most populous "red state" in the United States, Texas has been cheering for Trump's tough immigration policy for the past four years.

Texas claims that the ban violates an agreement it signed with the Trump administration in the last few weeks of its tenure, which requires the federal government to obtain Texas permission before changing immigration enforcement policies.

However, some legal scholars question the validity of the agreement.

　　The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of Texas, and the presiding judge was Drew Tipton, a district judge appointed by Trump.

The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to the lawsuit.

　U.S. Senate confirms Biden's nomination for Secretary of Defense

　　Austin becomes America's first African-American defense secretary

　　On the other hand, the appointment of cabinet members of the Biden administration has made new progress.

US media reported that under Biden's nomination, the US Senate passed the nomination of the former four-star general Austin by a vote of 93 to 2 on the 22nd. Austin became the first African American Secretary of Defense.

　　According to the report, US federal law stipulates that military officers who have been retired for less than 7 years must obtain an exemption from Congress if they want to serve as Secretary of Defense.

But Austin retired in 2016, and it has been less than 5 years.

In order to promote the appointment of Austin, the US House of Representatives approved the waiver of Austin by a vote of 326 to 78 on the 21st, and the Senate subsequently approved the waiver by a vote of 69 to 27.