The Dallas Morning News Article RatingBiden expedites 20 miles of new border wall in South Texas but doesn't think it will work
Oct 05, 2023 View Original Article
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68% Very Conservative
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8% Center
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| "We caot continue to waste time and money on policies that harm people and the environment and do not reflect our country's values." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "The notice in June said CBP intended to use 18-foot steel bollard fence panels placed in removable concrete jersey barriers." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "AdvertisementThis authorization for the construction of the wall is a step backwards, he told reporters ahead of talks in Mexico City with Secretary of State Antony Blinken." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "On June 30, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which is part of DHS, aounced that $190 million remains unspent from $1.375 billion set aside in 2019 for the construction of primary pedestrian fencing, including levee pedestrian fencing, in the Rio Grande Valley." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "AdvertisementRep. Veronica Escobar, an El Paso Democrat, urged Biden to reconsider this decision -- especially the disastrous choice to waive environmental laws -- and work with Congress to reinvest these funds in border modernization and technology to improve safety and security." | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "It's about time, Rep. Keith Self, R-McKiey, posted online." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "AdvertisementThe Biden administration did move ahead with projects already in progress and with dedicated funds for wall construction." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "They wouldn't, Biden told reporters Thursday in the Oval Office." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "AdvertisementThis authorization for the construction of the wall is a step backwards, he told reporters ahead of talks in Mexico City with Secretary of State Antony Blinken." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Under 20 miles of wall is basically nothing, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Humble, told Fox Business News." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "I can't stop that.Asked if he believes the border wall works, he answered with a terse: No.AdvertisementThat seemed to contradict an assertion from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, in a notice Wednesday in the Federal Register: There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden reiterated Thursday that he doesn't believe border walls work, even as his homeland security chief cited an acute and immediate need to speed construction of another 20 miles of barrier in South Texas." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Rep. Beth Van Duyne of Irving, like other Republicans, brushed off the Starr County expansion as a minor shift in policy." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "I'm not going to give Biden a lot of credit here." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The Trump administration shifted billions of dollars to wall construction from the defense budget, completing about 450 miles before Biden took office, most of which replaced much shorter and less sturdy barriers." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The Trump administration shifted billions of dollars to wall construction from the defense budget, completing about 450 miles before Biden took office, most of which replaced much shorter and less sturdy barriers." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Republicans took Biden's about-face as an overdue acknowledgement of chaos." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "After creating the worst border crisis in American history, Joe Biden now finally feels compelled to actually do something about it." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "In Mexico, President Andres Manuel Lu00f3pez Obrador pointed out that expansion is contrary to Biden's long-stated opposition." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "The move to resume a project Biden halted the day he took office set off a furor among Democrats and environmentalists, and bought no good will from Republicans who blame him for record levels of illegal border crossings." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "AdvertisementThe White House struggled to square Biden's stance that walls don't work -- and campaign promise to not build a single foot more -- with the decision to waive 26 federal laws that could have delayed construction for months or years." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Biden immediately halted construction and returned $2 billion not yet spent from funds diverted from the Pentagon." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "AdvertisementRep. Veronica Escobar, an El Paso Democrat, urged Biden to reconsider this decision -- especially the disastrous choice to waive environmental laws -- and work with Congress to reinvest these funds in border modernization and technology to improve safety and security." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "AdvertisementRep. Veronica Escobar, an El Paso Democrat, urged Biden to reconsider this decision -- especially the disastrous choice to waive environmental laws -- and work with Congress to reinvest these funds in border modernization and technology to improve safety and security." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "After dismantling effective border security provisions and allowing 8 MILLION illegal border crossings, Biden and Mayorkas are finally waking up to the crisis they've created, she posted online." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| "After dismantling effective border security provisions and allowing 8 MILLION illegal border crossings, Biden and Mayorkas are finally waking up to the crisis they've created, she posted online." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
59% : ""We cannot continue to waste time and money on policies that harm people and the environment and do not reflect our country's values.53% : The notice in June said CBP intended to use 18-foot steel bollard fence panels placed in "removable concrete jersey barriers.
52% : Advertisement"This authorization for the construction of the wall is a step backwards," he told reporters ahead of talks in Mexico City with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
51% : On June 30, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which is part of DHS, announced that $190 million remains unspent from $1.375 billion set aside in 2019 "for the construction of primary pedestrian fencing, including levee pedestrian fencing, in the Rio Grande Valley.
24% : "AdvertisementRep. Veronica Escobar, an El Paso Democrat, urged Biden "to reconsider this decision -- especially the disastrous choice to waive environmental laws -- and work with Congress to reinvest these funds in border modernization and technology to improve safety and security.
*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.