Abbott Signs Law That Allows Deportations From Texas

  • Bias Rating

    20% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    98% Negative

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

Overall Sentiment

-3% Negative

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  •   Conservative
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"Immigration is in the top three issues for voters."
Positive
12% Conservative
"They call the legislation an unlawful attempt to engage in federal immigration enforcement."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Congressional Democrats are urging DOJ to step in to prevent the law from taking effect in March."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"This bill is set to be the most extreme anti-immigrant state bill in the United States; it is clearly preempted by federal law and when it goes into effect will likely result in racial profiling, significant due process violations, and unlawful arrests of citizens, lawful permanent residents, and others, the Democrats, led by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, wrote."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"Texas Democrat Rep, Henry Cuellar said it is time to secure the border now."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Biden's deliberate inaction has left Texas to fend for itself, Abbott said as he was flanked by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd, Texas Border Czar Mike Banks, the bill's authors and sponsors, and others."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Texas is doing its part to step up and trying to secure a border made wide open by Joe Biden."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Senator Ted Cruz weighed in, too."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Joe Biden's border crisis is intentional."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz also tore into the port closures."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"As it is, Biden is losing every demographic."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"The Republican governor accused President Joe Biden, a Democrat, of failing to secure the border and said Texas was stepping up to do it on its own."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"This bill is set to be the most extreme anti-immigrant state bill in the United States; it is clearly preempted by federal law and when it goes into effect will likely result in racial profiling, significant due process violations, and unlawful arrests of citizens, lawful permanent residents, and others, the Democrats, led by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, wrote."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar slammed the Biden administration, saying 'Our border communities desperately need more federal resources, and we need tougher measures at the border.''We must secure the border now,' Cuellar continued."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar slammed the Biden administration, saying 'Our border communities desperately need more federal resources, and we need tougher measures at the border.''We must secure the border now,' Cuellar continued."
Negative
-42% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Immigration is in the top three issues for voters.
37% : They call the legislation "an unlawful attempt to engage in federal immigration enforcement."
36% : Congressional Democrats are urging DOJ to step in to prevent the law from taking effect in March.
30% : "This bill is set to be the most extreme anti-immigrant state bill in the United States; it is clearly preempted by federal law and when it goes into effect will likely result in racial profiling, significant due process violations, and unlawful arrests of citizens, lawful permanent residents, and others," the Democrats, led by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, wrote.

*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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