| Biden's new executive orders focus on immigration; Russia's vaccine has been found to be safe and effective. Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. | | | | | | | Biden to reverse Trump-era immigration policies | | | | | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images | | - President Joe Biden signed his second slate of immigration-focused executive orders today, attempting to undo Trump-era policy and regulation by trying to reunite families separated at the border, revamping the asylum system and ease legal immigration. [Vox / Nicole Narea]
- The president has created a task force, to be chaired by soon-to-be-confirmed Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, charged with reuniting hundreds of migrant children separated from their families as part of Trump's zero-tolerance border policy. [The Hill / Brett Samuels and Rebecca Beitsch]
- The task force will also make recommendations regarding reuniting the separated families. Advocates want Biden to also close the loopholes that give Border Patrol agents discretion in separation cases and create new, unexploitable guidelines. [BuzzFeed News / Adolfo Flores]
- Biden is directing federal officials to offer families the opportunity to either reunite in the US or in their home country, once located, depending on the relevant case law and the family's wishes. [The New York Times / Michael D. Shear]
- The next order aims to study and address the root causes of migration in Central America as well as reform the asylum system -- though he has given officials time to come up with proposals. [NPR / Franco OrdoƱez]
- Under Trump policy, asylum seekers were sent to wait in Mexican border cities. Advocates may be frustrated by Biden's pace; while he has canceled the "Remain in Mexico" program, applicants are still being denied entry as his administration contemplates how to undo the policies. [The Washington Post / Nick Miroff, Seung Min Kim, and Maria Saccheiti]
- The final executive order reinstitutes Obama-era guidelines to facilitate immigrants' integration into US communities, while also ordering a review of the legal immigration system, which Trump complicated by attempting to disallow poor immigrants. [USA Today / Rebecca Morin]
| | | Strong results from Russia's vaccine are good news for its buyers | | - Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine is both safe and about 91 percent effective, according to a study published in a British medical journal. [The Associated Press / Maria Cheng and Daria Litvinova]
- The study provides legitimacy to the vaccine after its efficacy was doubted by the international community, when Russia rushed its shot to market before full clinical trials and without providing much data. [Axios / Dave Lawler]
- The Sputnik shot is a two-dose vaccine that is kept at a refrigerated temperature, making it easier to store than some other vaccines that require freezing. [BBC News / Rachel Schraer]
- In the trial, the vaccine was just as effective in people over 60 as it was for people under 60 — which has been a problem for the AstraZeneca vaccine used across Europe. [Politico / Carlo Martuscelli]
- The study's findings are welcome news for the 16 countries and 2 million people who have already used it. The vaccine has been used on four continents, from Algeria to Bolivia to Guinea to Iran. [CNN / Zamira Rahim]
- The Sputnik V vaccine has global potential and could be a huge boon to Russia. The country has received orders of or interest in 2.4 billion doses, including from some of the world's most populous nations: Brazil, India, and Mexico. [The Wall Street Journal / Georgi Kantchev]
| | | | | | | The Senate confirmed Pete Buttigieg as Secretary of Transportation, making him the first openly gay Senate-confirmed Cabinet official. | | | | | | | "Accountability is not about revenge, it's not about getting back at people. It's about creating safety. And we are not safe with people who hold positions of power who are willing to endanger the lives of others if they think it will score them a political point." | | | | | | | | | | |
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