Tracking politicians' promises

The Promise:

"I will designate the major cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. We will sever their access to global financial systems."

Update: Trump initiates process for designating cartels, gangs as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

The Promise:

"As part of my plan to secure the border on day one of my new term in office, I will sign an executive order making clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law, going forward, the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic U.S. citizenship. It’s things like this that bring millions of people to our country." 

Update: Trump issues executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, likely prompting court battle

The Promise:

“We love TikTok. I'm going to save TikTok.”

Update: Trump issues order to pause TikTok ban for 75 days

The Promise:

"I will restore 'Remain in Mexico.'"

Update: President Donald Trump begins process for reinstating Remain in Mexico program

The Promise:

“We'll be looking very, very seriously at full pardons because we can't let that happen. And I mean full pardons. To many, an apology. They've been so badly treated.”

Update: Trump pardons people convicted of Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot offenses

The Promise:

“Yes, I would. In large part, I would go back,” Biden said. “I’d still insist they keep the commitments they said they would make when we, in fact, set the policy in place.”

Update: Biden removes Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list

The Promise:

“Yes, I would. In large part, I would go back,” Biden said. “I’d still insist they keep the commitments they said they would make when we, in fact, set the policy in place.”

Update: Biden restored some travel and remittances to Cuba, but did not go as far as Obama

The Promise:

"Restore the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate in place before the U.S. Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision. ... Biden will restore the Obama-Biden policy that existed before the Hobby Lobby ruling: providing an exemption for houses of worship and an accommodation for nonprofit organizations with religious missions. The accommodation will allow women at these organizations to access contraceptive coverage, not through their employer-provided plan, but instead through their insurance company or a third-party administrator."

Update: Promise Broken: Biden proposed rules to expand contraception coverage, but none were finalized

The Promise:

"Because we cannot ensure we get death penalty cases right every time, Biden will work to pass legislation to eliminate the death penalty at the federal level ... These individuals should instead serve life sentences without probation or parole."

Update: Biden commutes sentences of all but three convicts on federal death row

The Promise:

"The Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.)is riven by violence, plagued by narco-trafficking, and held in fear by criminal organizations wielding military-grade weapons, and it is particularly dangerous for women and children. Biden will propose a four-year, $4 billion package of assistance for the region, with aid linked to governments in the region delivering measurable reductions in gang and gender-based violence, improvements in legal and educational systems, and implementation of anti-corruption measures, among other things."

Update: Biden found compromise in promise to invest $4 billion in Central American to mitigate immigration

The Promise:

"Reducing the uninsured rate for African Americans ... nationally, 11% of nonelderly African Americans are uninsured, compared to 8% of white people."

Update: Black uninsured rate continues to fall under Biden

The Promise:

"To bolster retirement security for older African Americans who have spent a lifetime working, the Biden Social Security reform plan will raise benefits for vulnerable beneficiaries—including widows and widowers, low-wage workers, and long duration beneficiaries who may have exhausted all other assets. In addition, Biden proposes to boost average benefits across the board while putting Social Security on a long-term path to solvency by raising payroll taxes for workers with more than $400,000 in earnings."

Update: Biden signs bipartisan law to end Social Security reductions for certain public-sector workers

The Promise:

"Protect undocumented members of our armed services, veterans, and their spouses from deportation, because if you are willing to risk your life for this country, you and your family have earned the chance to live safe, healthy, and productive lives in America. ... Biden will not target the men and women who served in uniform, or their families, for deportation."

Update: Joe Biden compromises on promise to protect military personnel and veterans from deportation

The Promise:

"Biden will enact legislation to prohibit all online sales of firearms, ammunition, kits, and gun parts."

Update: Joe Biden’s administration did little to restrict online gun sales

The Promise:

"Biden will more than triple the number of community health workers – often workers of color serving the communities where they live – who are part of a national effort to both prevent and treat chronic conditions in underserved, economically-disadvantaged urban and rural communities."

Update: Biden directed funding to recruit community health workers, but didn’t add 150,000