The Dallas Morning News Article RatingBill would place Gov. Abbott over Texas-Mexico border surge, pulling duties from DPS chief
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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.
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| "Democratic Rep. Terry Canales of Edinburg, which is in the Rio Grande Valley, said that while DPS is not perfect it is the gold standard of law enforcement in Texas." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Law enforcement experts questioned the logistics, including whether the unit and the rest of DPS would share a budget or persoel." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Democrats see the change as a power grab by Abbott, a Republican who has made border security a top campaign issue." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "While Texas is doing everything possible to try to stop people from crossing the border, at the very same time the President of the United States is putting out the welcome mat, welcoming them in, Abbott said at a press conference." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "Abbott's power" | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "Non-commissioned officers -- those citizens who want to join the unit -- would need express authorization and training set by Abbott and the Public Safety Commission before they could arrest or detain migrants in counties along the border." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicySUBMITInstead, Abbott would pick a new leader who he alone has the power to hire and fire." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "And to tie what I would characterize as a 'JV' or freshman team to our flagship law enforcement agency is a disservice to DPS, Canales said." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The unit would be housed in the Texas Department of Public Safety, which has sent hundreds of troopers to patrol the border under Abbott's Operation Lone Star." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Democratic Rep. Terry Canales of Edinburg, which is in the Rio Grande Valley, said that while DPS is not perfect it is the gold standard of law enforcement in Texas." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "We've watched this governor do things that I think are unconstitutional, and I think is a real stretch of what his actual power is, Johnson said." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Abbott is also in charge of hiring and removing the inspector general." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "The operation, which Abbott launched in March 2021, counted at least 5,000 troops on the state's border with Mexico as of September." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, the vice chairman of the Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee, said the proposal is a power grab by the three-term governor." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "AUSTIN -- Much of Texas' multi-billion dollar border surge would be housed under a new unit whose leader answers directly to Gov. Greg Abbott, under a bill being debated today that's prioritized by top GOP House leaders." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Debate has primarily focused on what critics call vigilante border patrols, but Abbott's control over it has largely flown under the radar." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "He noted the move may not be a big change in terms of Abbott's authority over the state's border operations." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "A spokeswoman for House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, office had no comment." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Schaefer's proposal would remove McCraw's authority at the border and instead give those responsibilities to the unit chief -- who would be chosen by Abbott and could only be removed by him." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Democrats see the change as a power grab by Abbott, a Republican who has made border security a top campaign issue." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "On Monday, Abbott aounced he was deploying a new Texas Tactical Border Force of Texas National Guard members but criticized the Biden administration for sending 1,500 troops to the border, saying the force would be doing only paperwork." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "On Monday, Abbott aounced he was deploying a new Texas Tactical Border Force of Texas National Guard members but criticized the Biden administration for sending 1,500 troops to the border, saying the force would be doing only paperwork." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
48% :Democratic Rep. Terry Canales of Edinburg, which is in the Rio Grande Valley, said that while DPS is not perfect it "is the gold standard of law enforcement in Texas."45% : Law enforcement experts questioned the logistics, including whether the unit and the rest of DPS would share a budget or personnel.
30% : Democrats see the change as a power grab by Abbott, a Republican who has made border security a top campaign issue.
*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.