The Daily Signal Article RatingBiden Administration Indicates No Choice on Building Border Wall
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| "Customs and Border Protection, according to the DHS official, remains committed to protecting the nation's cultural and natural resources and will implement sound environmental practices as part of the project covered by this waiver." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Biden's DHS has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border in Starr County, Texas, the notice reads." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "A DHS spokesperson told The Daily Signal in an email Thursday that The construction project you're reading about today was appropriated during the prior administration, in 2019, and the government is legally required to utilize these funds for their appropriated purpose.The Administration repeatedly called on Congress to cancel or reappropriate remaining border barrier funding and instead fund smarter border security measures, like border technology and modernization of land ports of entry, that are proven to be more effective at improving safety and security at the border, the spokesperson said." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "And in the meantime, there's nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for what it was appropriated." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Republicans have talked about the importance of a border wall time and time again, Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., told The Daily Signal." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Biden's DHS has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border in Starr County, Texas, the notice reads." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Some Republican lawmakers see the action as an indication that the Biden administration is admitting that border walls are effective." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Ira Mehlman, media director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, told The Daily Signal he is happy the Biden administration is constructing a section of border wall, but it's about nine million illegal border crossings too late." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "I can't stop that, Biden said." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The Biden administration is defending its plan to construct 17 miles of border wall in South Texas." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "The move comes as a surprise to those on the political left and right who remember Biden's 2020 campaign promise to not add another foot of wall during his administration, and his 2021 proclamation ending all construction of the border wall." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "But the Department of Homeland Security says the construction of the wall does not indicate a change in the Biden administration's policy." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The president continues to insist that physical border walls don't work, telling reporters Thursday that he sought to have the money appropriated for the border wall under the Trump administration reappropriated, but they wouldn't, referring to Congress." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas aounced in the U.S. Federal Registry that a wall in Starr County, Texas will be constructed to deter illegal crossings in areas of 'high illegal entry' into the United States." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Since the start of the Biden administration, more than seven million illegal aliens have been encountered on America's borders, both at ports of entry and between ports, and an unknown number of illegal aliens have successfully evaded Border Patrol to enter the interior of the country." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Not only does the Biden administration need to construct the border wall, Mehlman said, they also need to start enforcing our other laws - they need to end catch and release, they need to stop the abuse of our asylum system ..." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Former President Donald Trump says he is waiting for an apology from Biden for taking so long to resume construction of the wall." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Former President Donald Trump says he is waiting for an apology from Biden for taking so long to resume construction of the wall." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Biden is slowly realizing the negative impact an open border has had across our country." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Will Joe Biden apologize to me and America for taking so long to get moving, and allowing our country to be flooded with 15 million illegals immigrants, from places unknown, Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding, I will await his apology!" | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Will Joe Biden apologize to me and America for taking so long to get moving, and allowing our country to be flooded with 15 million illegals immigrants, from places unknown, Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding, I will await his apology!" | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Texas Republican Rep. August Pfluger said even though President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas still refuse to label the horrific situation along our border a crisis, Secretary Mayorkas is now admitting to an 'immediate need' to build additional border wall in Texas." | Negative | -80% Liberal |
| "Texas Republican Rep. August Pfluger said even though President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas still refuse to label the horrific situation along our border a crisis, Secretary Mayorkas is now admitting to an 'immediate need' to build additional border wall in Texas." | Negative | -80% Liberal |
| "Texas Republican Rep. August Pfluger said even though President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas still refuse to label the horrific situation along our border a crisis, Secretary Mayorkas is now admitting to an 'immediate need' to build additional border wall in Texas." | Negative | -80% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
58% : Customs and Border Protection, according to the DHS official, "remains committed to protecting the nation's cultural and natural resources and will implement sound environmental practices as part of the project covered by this waiver.52% : "Biden's DHS has "determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border in Starr County, Texas," the notice reads.
50% : A DHS spokesperson told The Daily Signal in an email Thursday that "The construction project you're reading about today was appropriated during the prior administration, in 2019, and the government is legally required to utilize these funds for their appropriated purpose.""The Administration repeatedly called on Congress to cancel or reappropriate remaining border barrier funding and instead fund smarter border security measures, like border technology and modernization of land ports of entry, that are proven to be more effective at improving safety and security at the border," the spokesperson said.
50% : "And in the meantime, there's nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for what it was appropriated.
*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.