8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody in Harlingen, Texas, as agency seeks to ease crowding

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

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"Last week, the Border Patrol began releasing migrants in the U.S. without notices to appear in immigration court, instead directing them to report to an immigration office within 60 days."
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-2% Liberal
"The Border Patrol had 28,717 people in custody on May 10, the day before pandemic-related asylum restrictions expired, which was double from two weeks earlier, according to a court filing."
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-12% Liberal
"An 8-year-old girl died Wednesday in Border Patrol custody, authorities said, a rare occurrence that comes as the agency struggles with overcrowding."
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-24% Liberal
"Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) joined his governor in praising Disney's move."
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26% Conservative
"Newsom took to Twitter to praise the decision."
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22% Conservative
"Newsom further praised Disney's decision in a press release obtained by the Washington Examiner."
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2% Conservative
"Newsom has grown increasingly critical of DeSantis in the past year, going so far as to take a field trip to Florida to denounce him and paying for advertisements within the state to invite disaffected residents to move to California."
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-12% Liberal
"BIDEN'S STANDING QUESTIONED AS HE ARRIVES IN JAPAN FOR G-7Turns out, bigoted policies have consequences, the California governor tweeted."
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-36% Liberal
"Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) chided Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) over Disney's aouncement that it would be canceling a large project in Florida, inviting the company to remain in California instead."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) chided Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) over Disney's aouncement that it would be canceling a large project in Florida, inviting the company to remain in California instead."
Negative
-4% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Last week, the Border Patrol began releasing migrants in the U.S. without notices to appear in immigration court, instead directing them to report to an immigration office within 60 days.
44% : The Border Patrol had 28,717 people in custody on May 10, the day before pandemic-related asylum restrictions expired, which was double from two weeks earlier, according to a court filing.
38% : An 8-year-old girl died Wednesday in Border Patrol custody, authorities said, a rare occurrence that comes as the agency struggles with overcrowding.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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