Despite the end of Title 42, restrictions on asylum seekers are expected to continue under Biden administration

May 11, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    6% Center

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • 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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"But its legacy of restricting asylum petitions may continue as President Joe Biden takes steps to reduce the flow of illegal immigration to the country."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"By itself, the end of Title 42 will not weaken border security, as many conservative politicians and commentators have claimed."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"In my view, after some months, the lifting of Title 42 will actually result in a decrease in the official number of encounters at the U.S. southern border because fewer people will be asking for asylum there and counted multiple times."
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-6% Liberal
"But recent measures established by the Biden administration suggest that people will face more - not fewer - difficulties in obtaining asylum in the U.S. after the end of Title 42."
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-6% Liberal
"As partisan debate over immigration policy rages on, it is important to remember that Title 42 was originally designed to prevent the spread of a highly contagious disease - not to deny people their legal right to make a claim for asylum in the U.S."
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-8% Liberal
"People now have to get an appointment using the CBP One app and may also need to apply and be denied asylum at one of the safe countries they pass through on the way to the United States."
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-22% Liberal
"While the Trump administration was reluctant to impose federal lockdowns or mask mandates at the start of the pandemic, it was aggressive in its use of Title 42 to close the border to many migrants, including people fleeing from persecution and plaing to apply for asylum."
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-36% Liberal
"A Trump administration immigration order, Title 42, that allowed U.S. border officials to quickly expel migrants at the U.S. southern border - with no exceptions for asylum-seekers - expires May 11, 2023."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"But its legacy of restricting asylum petitions may continue as President Joe Biden takes steps to reduce the flow of illegal immigration to the country."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"But recent measures established by the Biden administration suggest that people will face more - not fewer - difficulties in obtaining asylum in the U.S. after the end of Title 42."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"In March 2020, on the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, then-President Donald Trump invoked the law to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic."
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-12% Liberal
"In fact, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled in November 2022 that the Trump administration's implementation of Title 42 was arbitrary and capricious and blamed the CDC for failing to come up with reasonable alternatives."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"In addition, Biden's new plan would make any asylum claim ineligible unless migrants first applied in another country they had passed through."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"For its part, the Biden administration expected the end of Title 42 and has already dispatched 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to help shut down illegal border crossings."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"While the Trump administration was reluctant to impose federal lockdowns or mask mandates at the start of the pandemic, it was aggressive in its use of Title 42 to close the border to many migrants, including people fleeing from persecution and plaing to apply for asylum."
Negative
-20% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : But its legacy of restricting asylum petitions may continue as President Joe Biden takes steps to reduce the flow of illegal immigration to the country.
47% : By itself, the end of Title 42 will not weaken border security, as many conservative politicians and commentators have claimed.
47% : In my view, after some months, the lifting of Title 42 will actually result in a decrease in the official number of encounters at the U.S. southern border because fewer people will be asking for asylum there and counted multiple times.
47% : But recent measures established by the Biden administration suggest that people will face more - not fewer - difficulties in obtaining asylum in the U.S. after the end of Title 42.
46% : As partisan debate over immigration policy rages on, it is important to remember that Title 42 was originally designed to prevent the spread of a highly contagious disease - not to deny people their legal right to make a claim for asylum in the U.S.
39% : People now have to get an appointment using the CBP One app and may also need to apply and be denied asylum at one of the safe countries they pass through on the way to the United States.
32% : While the Trump administration was reluctant to impose federal lockdowns or mask mandates at the start of the pandemic, it was aggressive in its use of Title 42 to close the border to many migrants, including people fleeing from persecution and planning to apply for asylum.

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