Biden moves to speed up asylum claims in step toward overhaul of immigration system

Jul 28, 2021 View Original Article
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    6% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    80% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"Asylum's allowed.'"
Positive
22% Conservative
"Tens of thousands of people have arrived at the southern border with a family member every month since March."
Positive
8% Conservative
"The Biden administration plans to speed up how migrants who show up at the southern border can seek asylum."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Many families will claim asylum and have their cases added to the 1.3 million case list of all pending immigration matters."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Under the White House's blueprint to reform the asylum process, asylum officers within the Department of Homeland Security will not only continue the preliminary screenings, known as credible fear screenings, but also the officers will make the final decision to grant asylum or not."
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-10% Liberal
"Because asylum is an individual process, officers require detailed information about how a specific individual is being persecuted or at risk of death if returned home."
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-12% Liberal
"Families released into the U.S. whose asylum claims are denied would be removed."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Unable to return most families to Mexico or detain them for more than 20 days due to legal constraints, the Border Patrol has been forced to release most families into the U.S."
Negative
-40% Liberal
The Biden administration plans to speed up how migrants who show up at the southern border can seek asylum.nn
Positive
2% Conservative
Biden has the authority to overhaul the system.
Negative
-2% Liberal
However, it does not deter migrants from traveling to and illegally crossing the border, as former President Donald Trump had sought to do.nn
Negative
-24% Liberal
Such a move would be a step toward fulfilling President Joe Biden's campaign pledge to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, moving away from Trump administration policies meant to limit migration and toward measures to bring migrants in more quickly.nn
Positive
6% Conservative
Such a move would be a step toward fulfilling President Joe Biden's campaign pledge to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, moving away from Trump administration policies meant to limit migration and toward measures to bring migrants in more quickly.nn
Positive
6% Conservative
Chishti said the situation at the border, a "crisis where we do not see any end in the future," is to blame for delaying the Biden administration from rolling out the new asylum system.nn
Negative
-30% Liberal
Biden's work on immigration is one of the president's lowest-polling issues, Chishti said, likely making the White House fearful about introducing big changes.nn
Negative
-32% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Asylum's allowed.'"
54% : Tens of thousands of people have arrived at the southern border with a family member every month since March.
53% : The Biden administration plans to speed up how migrants who show up at the southern border can seek asylum.
51% : Many families will claim asylum and have their cases added to the 1.3 million case list of all pending immigration matters.
45% : Under the White House's blueprint to reform the asylum process, asylum officers within the Department of Homeland Security will not only continue the preliminary screenings, known as credible fear screenings, but also the officers will make the final decision to grant asylum or not.
44% : Because asylum is an individual process, officers require detailed information about how a specific individual is being persecuted or at risk of death if returned home.
40% : Families released into the U.S. whose asylum claims are denied would be removed.
30% : Unable to return most families to Mexico or detain them for more than 20 days due to legal constraints, the Border Patrol has been forced to release most families into the U.S.

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