US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to sign about a dozen executive orders on his first day in office, including rejoining the Paris climate agreement and reverse his predecessor's ban on entry of people from certain Muslim majority countries.
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Incoming Biden chief of staff Ron Klain said in a memo to new White House senior staff that the executive orders would also address the pandemic, the ailing US economy, climate change and racial injustice in America.
"All of these crises demand urgent action," Klain said in the memo.
"In his first 10 days in office, President-elect Biden will take decisive action to address these four crises, prevent other urgent and irreversible harms, and restore America's place in the world," Klain added.
Biden this week unveiled plans to seek $ 1.9 trillion to revive the economy through new stimulus payments and other aid and plans a blitz to accelerate America's stumbling COVID vaccine rollout effort.
"President-elect Biden will take action – not just to reverse the gravest damages of the [US President Donald] Trump administration – but also to start moving our country forward," Klain said.
Meanwhile, Washington is still under a state of high alert after a mob of Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6. The assault left five people dead, including a police officer.
Security officials have warned that armed pro-Trump extremists, possibly carrying explosives, pose a threat to Washington as well as state capitals over the coming week.
Thousands of National Guard troops have been deployed in Washington and streets have been blocked off downtown with concrete barriers.
In addition to the heavy security presence in the US capital, law enforcement was out in force at statehouses around the country to ward off potential political violence.
Mass protests that had been planned for the weekend did not materialize on Saturday, with security far outnumbering Trump supporters at several fortified capitols, US media reported.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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