Tracking politicians' promises

The Promise:

"Forgive all undergraduate tuition-related federal student debt from two- and four-year public colleges and universities and private HBCUs and MSIs for debt-holders earning up to $125,000."

Update: Biden continues narrower approach on student debt relief as broader plan is retooled

The Promise:

"Set our annual refugee admissions at 125,000, and seek to raise it over time."

Update: Joe Biden keeps promise to raise refugee admissions to 125,000

The Promise:

"Expand broadband, or wireless broadband via 5G, to every American – recognizing that millions of households without access to broadband are locked out of an economy that is increasingly reliant on virtual collaboration."

Update: Biden announces more than $42 billion for states to invest in high-speed internet

The Promise:

"Forgive all undergraduate tuition-related federal student debt from two- and four-year public colleges and universities and private HBCUs and MSIs for debt-holders earning up to $125,000."

Update: Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s forgiveness plan; president promises new approach

The Promise:

"Expand and use the power of the U.S. Justice Department to address systemic misconduct in police departments and prosecutors’ offices. ... Under the Biden Administration, the Justice Department will again use its authority to root out unconstitutional or unlawful policing."

Update: Biden keeps promise on Justice Department police investigations, including Minneapolis probe

The Promise:

"I promise you there will be a national commission on policing out of the White House where I’ll bring everyone to the table, including police chiefs, including civil rights activists, including the NAACP, including the African, the Latino community. We’re going to sit down there and we’re going to work it out."

Update: Following Tyre Nichols’ death, Biden reiterates call for police reform

The Promise:

"Make HBCUs, TCUs, and under-resourced MSIs more affordable for their students. The Biden plan will invest $18 billion in grants to these four-year schools, equivalent to up to two years of tuition per low-income and middle class student, including DREAMers and students who transfer to a four-year HBCU, TCU, or MSI from a tuition-free community college."

Update: With grants, debt relief Biden boosts affordability for minority-serving colleges

The Promise:

"Joe Biden will work with Congress to pass legislation that creates a roadmap to citizenship for the nearly 11 million people who have been living in and strengthening our country for years."

Update: Biden stalls on citizenship promise for 11 million immigrants illegally in the US

The Promise:

"Biden supports an end to mandatory minimums. As president, he will work for the passage of legislation to repeal mandatory minimums at the federal level. And, he will give states incentives to repeal their mandatory minimums.

Update: Attorney General Garland’s memos are a step toward eliminating mandatory minimums

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: New ICE policy intended to protect veterans from deportation, advancing Biden’s promise

The Promise:

"Double the number of immigration judges, court staff, and interpreters."

Update: Biden still hasn't doubled number of immigration judges, but more judges have been seated

The Promise:

"Rebuild critical stockpiles, ensure adequate surge manufacturing capacity in times of crisis, and regularly review supply chain vulnerabilities."

Update: Funding to rebuild health stockpiles has increased under Biden, but more work needed to meet promise

The Promise:

"I’ll not only restore Obamacare, I’ll build on it."

Update: Numbers don’t lie. Biden kept his promise to restore, build on Obamacare

The Promise:

"Reduce our unacceptably high maternal mortality rate, which disproportionately impacts Native mothers. From 2007 to 2016 Native women were 2.3 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women. California came up with a strategy that halved the state’s maternal death rate. As president, Biden will reduce our unacceptably high maternal mortality rate, starting by taking the California strategy nationwide."

Update: Health experts applaud Biden’s efforts to reduce maternal mortality rate, but results may take years

The Promise:

"Biden will end the forever wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East, which have cost us untold blood and treasure. As he has long argued, Biden will bring the vast majority of our troops home from Afghanistan and narrowly focus our mission on Al-Qaeda and ISIS. And he will end our support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen."

Update: U.S. is out of Afghanistan; involvement in Yemen is reduced but continues