Anticipating a surge in border crossings amid cold temperatures, El Paso declares a state of emergency

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"D'Agostino added the city has asked for assistance in the form of additional law enforcement and for transportation to bus migrants to other parts of the country."
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22% Conservative
"On working with the state, Leeser said he spoke with the governor's office who assured him, 'We will never do anything without talking to you first and we won't impose anything without talking to you first.'Leeser said the mass migration of people seeking asylum on Wednesday is expected to be incredible."
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"The city aounced it will also stand up an Emergency Operations Center and implement emergency management plans to protect the health, safety and welfare of the migrants and the community."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% :D'Agostino added the city has asked for assistance in the form of additional law enforcement and for transportation to bus migrants to other parts of the country.
57% : On working with the state, Leeser said he spoke with the governor's office who assured him, "'We will never do anything without talking to you first and we won't impose anything without talking to you first.'"Leeser said the mass migration of people seeking asylum on Wednesday is expected to be "incredible."
54% :The city announced it will also stand up an Emergency Operations Center and implement emergency management plans to protect the health, safety and welfare of the migrants and the community.
48% : El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued an emergency declaration Saturday night to address the surge in migrants crossing the southern border, citing the dangerous winter conditions and shelters lacking the capacity to meet the demand next week.
48% : Leeser said the influx of migrants has strained the city's resources and his decision to make the declaration came as a response to protect those seeking asylum.

*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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