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Latest Promises
Joe Biden
End for-profit detention centers
Joe Biden breaks promise to end use of private prison companies for immigration detention
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November 26, 2024
Joe Biden
Double number of immigration judges and staff
Joe Biden hired more immigration judges, but didn’t double their ranks
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December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Immediately rescind the “Muslim bans”
Joe Biden signs proclamation revoking Trump’s travel ban
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January 21, 2021
Joe Biden
Create a pathway to citizenship for nearly 11 million people
Biden broke his promise to provide citizenship to millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally
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December 18, 2024
Joe Biden
Increase refugee admissions
Joe Biden keeps promise to raise refugee admissions to 125,000
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July 6, 2023
Joe Biden
Reverse family separation policies
Biden fulfills promise to end Trump policy that led to family separations
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January 27, 2021
Joe Biden
Ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines
Joe Biden failed to deliver on promise to ban assault weapons
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December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
End the online sale of firearms and ammunition
Joe Biden’s administration did little to restrict online gun sales
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December 20, 2024
Joe Biden
Enact the Equality Act
President Joe Biden failed to enact the Equality Act
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November 27, 2024
Joe Biden
Guarantee 7 days of paid sick leave
Joe Biden breaks promise to guarantee seven days of paid sick leave
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December 5, 2024
Joe Biden
Guarantee 12 weeks paid family and medical leave
Joe Biden fails to fulfill promise guaranteeing 12 weeks of paid family leave
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December 4, 2024
Joe Biden
Make 2 years of community college or a high-quality training program tuition-free
Joe Biden’s free community college plan failed to get congressional support
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December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Offer universal preschool to 3- and 4-year-olds
Joe Biden breaks promise to offer universal preschool to all 3- and 4-year-olds
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December 4, 2024
Joe Biden
Make HBCUs, TCUs, and under-resourced MSIs more affordable for their students
Biden makes progress on HBCU promise following historic funding increases
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March 5, 2024
Joe Biden
Stop for-profit education programs from profiteering off of students
Promise Kept: Biden rules on for-profit schools are on the books, but delays make effects unclear
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December 4, 2024
Joe Biden
Double value of Pell Grants
Biden signs Pell Grant increase into law, but amount falls short of campaign goal
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August 19, 2022
Joe Biden
Make public colleges and universities tuition-free for families who make less than $125,000
Joe Biden breaks promise to offer free college tuition to families earning less than $125,000 a year
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December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Forgive student loan debt from public colleges and universities
Joe Biden forgave student loan debt, but not as much as promised
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December 16, 2024
Joe Biden
Reverse the transgender military ban
Biden signs executive order banning discrimination against transgender service members
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January 25, 2021
Joe Biden
Require all federal candidates to release tax returns
Twin efforts to require tax return disclosure fail to make it to Biden’s desk
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December 9, 2024
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