AdvertisementAnother executive order reinstated and expanded a fair-housing regulation from 2015 that Trump repealed last year. Biden also signed a statement recommitting the government to respecting tribal sovereignty and strengthening the relationship between the United States and Tribal Nations. “When any one of us are held down, we’re all held back.”Susan Rice, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, echoed that point during an earlier appearance in the White House briefing room. “Thousands of Asian Americans have reported acts of hate and violence, and the vast majority live in a climate of fear,” the group Stop Asian American Pacific Islander Hate said in a statement. The White House last week also announced the creation of a task force to help reduce “domestic violent extremism,” but offered few additional details.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 26, 2021 17:38 UTC