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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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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
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| "Tom Homan, the former acting director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Trump, said at a border security conference in San Antonio last week he had spoken with Abbott about the idea." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Border Patrol officials say they are plaing for as many as 18,000 arrivals daily once the health policy, known as the Title 42 authority, expires in May." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Their plan involves a novel interpretation of the U.S. Constitution to have the National Guard or state police forcibly send migrants to Mexico, without regard to immigration laws and law enforcement procedures." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Cuccinelli said in practice, he envisions the plan would look similar to the enforcement of Title 42, which circumvented U.S. obligations under American law and international treaty to provide asylum." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, issued a legal opinion in February declaring that Ducey has the power to use National Guard troops and state law enforcement to forcibly send migrants back." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "The move came in response to the Biden administration aouncing last week it will end the use of a public health law that has limited asylum in the name of preventing the spread of COVID-19." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Brnovich is locked in a tough Republican U.S. Senate primary in which border security is a top issue." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The mission has also drawn criticism from Guard members over long deployments and little to do, and some arrests have appeared to have no coection to border security." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat whose district includes the Texas border, has criticized the Biden administration over border security and ending Title 42." | Negative | -80% Liberal |
| "We'll be taking unprecedented action, Abbott told radio station KCRS." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Tom Homan, the former acting director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Trump, said at a border security conference in San Antonio last week he had spoken with Abbott about the idea." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Tom Homan, the former acting director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Trump, said at a border security conference in San Antonio last week he had spoken with Abbott about the idea." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "In Arizona, Republican Gov. Doug Ducey has also been under pressure within his party to declare that the state is being invaded and use extraordinary powers normally reserved for war." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, issued a legal opinion in February declaring that Ducey has the power to use National Guard troops and state law enforcement to forcibly send migrants back." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "While speaking Tuesday to a conservative talk radio station, Abbott's remarks about constitutional authority were in relation to Congress, which he said had the only power to reduce the flow of migrants." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "The move came in response to the Biden administration aouncing last week it will end the use of a public health law that has limited asylum in the name of preventing the spread of COVID-19." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "But the way former Trump immigration officials see it, Texas and Arizona can pick up where the federal government leaves off once the policy ends." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "He said he has not spoken with Abbott and said the governor's current sweeping border mission, known as Operation Lone Star, has put little dent in the number of people crossing the border." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "But Ducey, who is term-limited and not on the ballot in 2022, has not embraced the theory and has avoided commenting directly on it." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "It includes Ken Cuccinelli, an immigration hard-liner and former Homeland Security official under Trump." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Asked if he considered what was happening on the Texas border an invasion, Abbott did not use those words but said he would be discussing it Wednesday." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Abbott did not elaborate on what steps he will aounce Wednesday." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Driving the effort on the right is the Center for Renewing America, a conservative policy think tank led by former Trump administration officials." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "It is unclear whether Abbott, who is up for reelection in November and is already installing more border barrier and allowing troopers to arrest migrants on trespassing charges, supports the aggressive proposals former Trump officials are pushing." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "It is unclear whether Abbott, who is up for reelection in November and is already installing more border barrier and allowing troopers to arrest migrants on trespassing charges, supports the aggressive proposals former Trump officials are pushing." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Former Trump administration officials are pressing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to declare an invasion along the U.S.-Mexico border and give thousands of state troopers and National Guard members sweeping new authority to turn back migrants, essentially bestowing enforcement powers that have been a federal responsibility." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| "Former Trump administration officials are pressing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to declare an invasion along the U.S.-Mexico border and give thousands of state troopers and National Guard members sweeping new authority to turn back migrants, essentially bestowing enforcement powers that have been a federal responsibility." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| "U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat whose district includes the Texas border, has criticized the Biden administration over border security and ending Title 42." | Negative | -64% Liberal |
| "U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat whose district includes the Texas border, has criticized the Biden administration over border security and ending Title 42." | Negative | -64% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
55% : Tom Homan, the former acting director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Trump, said at a border security conference in San Antonio last week he had spoken with Abbott about the idea.54% : Border Patrol officials say they are planning for as many as 18,000 arrivals daily once the health policy, known as the Title 42 authority, expires in May.
51% : Their plan involves a novel interpretation of the U.S. Constitution to have the National Guard or state police forcibly send migrants to Mexico, without regard to immigration laws and law enforcement procedures.
51% : Cuccinelli said in practice, he envisions the plan would look similar to the enforcement of Title 42, which circumvented U.S. obligations under American law and international treaty to provide asylum.
43% : Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, issued a legal opinion in February declaring that Ducey has the power to use National Guard troops and state law enforcement to forcibly send migrants back.
42% : The move came in response to the Biden administration announcing last week it will end the use of a public health law that has limited asylum in the name of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
42% : Brnovich is locked in a tough Republican U.S. Senate primary in which border security is a top issue.
34% : The mission has also drawn criticism from Guard members over long deployments and little to do, and some arrests have appeared to have no connection to border security.
10% : U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat whose district includes the Texas border, has criticized the Biden administration over border security and ending Title 42.
*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.