Divided Supreme Court clears the way for Texas to arrest migrants who illegally cross the Rio Grande

Mar 19, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability
  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    92% 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

-11% Negative

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"Texas can now immediately enforce its own law imposing criminal liability on thousands of noncitizens and requiring their removal to Mexico."
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16% Conservative
"They said SB 4 allows Texas to help enforce federal immigration laws."
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-2% Liberal
"The court said then that federal law preempts or overrides state enforcement that conflicts with federal enforcement."
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-10% Liberal
"This law will disrupt sensitive foreign relations, frustrate the protection of individuals fleeing persecution, hamper active federal enforcement efforts, undermine federal agencies' ability to detect and monitor imminent security threats, and deter noncitizens from reporting abuse or trafficking, they said."
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-16% Liberal
Gov. Greg Abbott had championed the new state law and argued Texas had the power as a "sovereign" state to protect itself against what he's termed an "invasion."
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4% Conservative
Those state leaders say they are acting because of what they view as lax enforcement by the Biden administration.nn
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-16% Liberal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a plea from the Biden administration and cleared the way for Texas to enforce a new state law that authorizes its police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the Rio Grande.nn
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-24% Liberal
They cited President Biden's comment during his State of the Union speech.
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-30% Liberal
Biden was making a plea for a bipartisan border bill that he said would shorten the delay for asylum hearings and thus reduce incentive for illegal crossings.nn
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-30% Liberal
The Biden administration said the Texas law is "flatly inconsistent" with the 2012 ruling and cannot stand.
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-32% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "Texas can now immediately enforce its own law imposing criminal liability on thousands of noncitizens and requiring their removal to Mexico.
49% : They said "SB 4 allows Texas to help enforce federal immigration laws.
45% : The court said then that federal law preempts or overrides state enforcement that "conflicts" with federal enforcement.
42% : This law will disrupt sensitive foreign relations, frustrate the protection of individuals fleeing persecution, hamper active federal enforcement efforts, undermine federal agencies' ability to detect and monitor imminent security threats, and deter noncitizens from reporting abuse or trafficking," they said.

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