Biden considers new border and asylum restrictions as he tries to reach Senate deal for Ukraine aid

  • Bias Rating

    -24% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -30% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    74% 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

42% Positive

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"If Congress were to make them law, it would give immigration advocates very little legal ground to challenge the restrictions for those seeking asylum.Advocates for immigrants, who plaed demonstrations across the Capitol on Wednesday, warned of a return to anti-immigrant policies and questioned whether they would address problems at the border."
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8% Conservative
"He called it unconscionable for the Democratic president to make concessions on border policy without gaining policies that benefit immigrants."
Positive
4% Conservative
"The policies resemble ones that President Donald Trump's Republican administration tried to implement to cut border crossings, but many of them were successfully challenged in court."
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-62% Liberal
"(Biden) campaigned on restoring the soul of the nation and holding firm to our democratic values and the principles of our founding fathers."
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16% Conservative
"And that includes defending our asylum system and respectful treatment of refugees, said Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif."
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2% Conservative
"As details of the plan emerged, advocates for immigrants and members of President Joe Biden's own Democratic Party fretted about the policies under discussion."
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-4% Liberal
"Senate Republicans discussed the White House's proposal at a lunchtime meeting and expressed some optimism that Biden's administration was directly involved in shaping the legislation."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Even if the Senate stayed in Washington to pass the proposals, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., also would need to push the legislation through his chamber, where opposition from both parties is likely."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"President Biden said he's willing to consider significant compromises on the border to try to get critical aid to places like Ukraine approved."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Top Biden administration officials were laboring Wednesday to try to reach a last-minute deal for wartime aid for Ukraine by agreeing to Senate Republican demands to bolster U.S.-Mexico border policies, with urgency setting in as Congress prepared to depart Washington with the impasse unresolved."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Congress has little time to reach an agreement on Biden's $110 billion request for Ukraine, Israel and other national security needs that Republicans are holding up to demand changes to border policy."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"The policies resemble ones that President Donald Trump's Republican administration tried to implement to cut border crossings, but many of them were successfully challenged in court."
Negative
-42% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : If Congress were to make them law, it would give immigration advocates very little legal ground to challenge the restrictions for those seeking asylum.Advocates for immigrants, who planned demonstrations across the Capitol on Wednesday, warned of a return to anti-immigrant policies and questioned whether they would address problems at the border.
52% : He called it "unconscionable" for the Democratic president to make concessions on border policy without gaining policies that benefit immigrants.
19% : The policies resemble ones that President Donald Trump's Republican administration tried to implement to cut border crossings, but many of them were successfully challenged in court.

*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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