Biden visited the U.S. Capitol to pay his respects to the late-Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick, who is laying in honor in the Rotunda.

There was a brief arrival ceremony for Sicknick at about 9:30 p.m. and then some members of Congress paid their respect. A viewing period continues overnight for members of the U.S. Capitol Police.

Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived at the Capitol shortly before 10 p.m. and walked into the Rotunda about 20 minutes later.

The president briefly touched Sicknick's urn and then the Bidens put their hands over their hearts. The couple then walked to flowers that were nearby and placed their hands over their hearts again. As the president dropped his hand to his side, he briefly shook his head. The Bidens left the Capitol moments later.

A congressional tribute will be held for Sicknick at 10:30 a.m. and a departure ceremony will take place at noon ahead of his interment.

-ABC News' Justin Gomez and Molly Nagle

New Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas participated in a ceremonial swearing-in with Vice President Kamala Harris following his Senate confirmation and Biden signing immigration executive orders on Tuesday.

The ceremony took place in the office of the vice president in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, adjacent to the White House. Mayorkas was joined by his wife Tanya and daughters, Giselle and Amelia.

Mayorkas is the first immigrant and first Latino to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

He was confirmed by the Senate in a vote of 56-43 earlier in the day.

Biden has signed three executive orders aimed at reforming the U.S. immigration system and rolling back his predecessor’s policies, including creating a task force aimed at reuniting children whom American authorities separated from their families on the border -- a policy which Biden called a "moral and national shame."

Chaired by the homeland security secretary, the task force will work to identify all families broken apart under the various forms of the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance policy,” which separated children from relatives at the U.S. border, even before it became an official policy. It aims to manage family reunifications on a case-by-case basis, making different immigration benefit determinations for different families, a White House official said Monday.

Biden signed another order directing his administration to address the root causes of migration from Central America and to have the secretary of homeland security review the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols program, under which asylum seekers are sent to Mexico to wait for court appearances north of the border, the White House said. The third order calls for a review of the “public charge” rule former President Donald Trump tried to use to limit poor immigrants from coming to the country legally, according to the White House.

-ABC News' Ben Gittleson and Quinn Owen

At State Department spokesperson Ned Price's first department briefing, he announced a return to the once-daily briefing that was often skipped and then totally stopped under the Trump administration shortly after impeachment proceedings began.

"We're putting the daily back in the daily press briefing," Price said in a stiff, direct-to-teleprompter opening. He committed to "always operate in good faith," to get Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top officials to the podium.

In another difference from the previous department under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Price said the agency will "welcome" an "engaged, active press corps to hold our feet to the fire."

Price is the first openly gay spokesperson for the State Department, which advocates say sends a potent message to foreign LGBTQ activists, especially those fighting in countries where same-sex relationships are still criminalized.

-ABC News' Conor Finnegan