Crisis at the border? What is happening now.

May 09, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    20% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    85% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    90% 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.

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"We in El Paso, along with many other communities along the southern border, just happened to be at the front doorstep."
Positive
10% Conservative
"Under the policy, authorities have expelled migrants at the US-Mexico border more than 2.8 million times since the policy began, according to US Customs and Border Protection data."
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-4% Liberal
"In addition, a new regulation expected to go into effect this week would largely ban migrants who traveled through other countries on their way to the US-Mexico border from applying for asylum in the United States."
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-6% Liberal
"We've been preparing for quite some time, and we are ready, Mayorkas said last week, but he also acknowledged that large numbers of migrants are expected at the border."
Positive
18% Conservative
"In a news conference Monday morning, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott likened the expiration of Title 42 as the laying out of a welcome mat to migrants across the world, signaling America's borders are wide open."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Speaking to reporters last week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urged would-be migrants not to fall victim to those efforts."
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-6% Liberal
"But the Biden administration is also plaing several changes that authorities hope will relieve pressure on the border and help officials respond."
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-6% Liberal
"Republican-led states launched a round of legal challenges after the Biden administration first aounced plans to end the policy."
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-8% Liberal
"Title 42, the Trump-era pandemic public health restrictions that became a key tool officials used to turn back migrants at the US-Mexico border, is set to expire on May 11."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"We're still able to feed them, but in all honesty, that's not (a) sustainable operation at this point, John Martin, deputy director of the Opportunity Center for the Homeless in El Paso, Texas, told CNN on Sunday."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"The policy's end comes as the Biden administration is ending the Covid public health emergency nationally."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Since Biden took office, Human Rights First says it's identified more than 13,000 incidents of kidnapping, torture, rape or other violent attacks on people blocked or expelled to Mexico under Title 42."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"The Title 42 border restrictions were controversial from the moment the Trump administration aounced them."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"It will lead to an incredible amount of people coming across the border illegally, Abbott said, adding the administration's policies would cause a catastrophic disaster."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"This is a national issue, Martin said."
Negative
-38% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "We in El Paso, along with many other communities along the southern border, just happened to be at the front doorstep."
48% : Under the policy, authorities have expelled migrants at the US-Mexico border more than 2.8 million times since the policy began, according to US Customs and Border Protection data.
47% : In addition, a new regulation expected to go into effect this week would largely ban migrants who traveled through other countries on their way to the US-Mexico border from applying for asylum in the United States.

*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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