This Presidential Executive Order establishes Equity-Focused Leadership across the federal government, calls for delivering equitable outcomes through government policies, programs, and activities, embedding equity into government-wide processes, delivering equitable outcomes in partnership with Underserved communities, creating economic opportunity in rural America and advancing urban equitable development, advancing equitable procurement and affirmatively advancing civil rights. This Executive Order highlights the need to improve language access and services to underserved communities.
Publisher: White House
[pdf] Executive Order 13985—Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (January 20, 2021)1 (+)
Presidential Executive Order 13985 was issued to advance racial equity and support for underserved communities through the federal government. This Executive Order lays out the role of the Domestic Policy Council in identifying methods to assess equity and conduct an equity assessment throughout federal government. It allocates resources to advance fairness and opportunity, promotes equitable delivery of government benefits and opportunities, engages underserved communities and establishes an equitable data working group,
[pdf] Executive Order 14031 Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (May 28, 2021) (+)
Presidential executive order addressing anti-Asian bias, xenophobia, and racism, establishing a President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, and a White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders that includes provisions designed to improve language access.
[pdf] EO 14012 Biden Executive Order on Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans (February 2, 2021) (+)
[pdf] Immigration Update: Maximizing Public Safety and Better Focusing Resources (+)
Press release by the Obama Administration on the efforts and resources of the Executive Branch on immigration reform; emphasizing public security, immigration enforcement, and the focusing of resources on the removal of those convicted of crimes in the US.