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January 28, 2021 | CBS News

Mr. Biden plans to sign an executive order rescinding the proclamation that suspended certain immigrant and work visas, Esther Olavarria told U.S. mayors over the weekend, according to a recording of the virtual meeting shared with CBS News. Olavarria is deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and one of the president's top immigration advisers.

"These were policies that ignored the decades, and centuries actually, of contributions that immigrants have made to our economy, to our society, to our culture," Olavarria said during the United States Conference of Mayors' 89th winter meeting. "So we would rescind those policies and return to a country that welcomes immigrants and acknowledges their contributions."


January 23, 2021 | Business Insider


Proposition 22 showcases the broad support for independent contracting and the flexibility it provides to the lives of both consumers and workers. But by exempting app-based drivers from being classified as employees, it cuts another hole in the Swiss cheese regulatory structure of 2019's Assembly Bill 5. That law, and the recently enacted AB 2257, reclassified independent contractors across all but about 65 industries as employees, affecting more than 1 million workers and putting tens of thousands of jobs at risk. Indeed, workers in 135 of the affected occupations said AB5 would hurt them.

This is not a model other states should follow. Legislation allowing companies to provide benefits to independent contractors would be a welcome step, but forcing companies to provide these benefits, as Prop 22 does, would be detrimental to many independent contractors and businesses.


January 26, 2021 | The Washington Post

An American Sign Language interpreter will now be a regular fixture at all White House news briefings, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Monday.

“The president is committed to building an America that is more inclusive, more just and more accessible for every American, including Americans with disabilities and their families,” Psaki said Monday as an interpreter named Rebecca appeared on-screen virtually signing the announcement.

The move marks the first time a presidential administration will have regularly accessible news briefings using ASL, a step that was welcomed by the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.


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