Former Trump Officials Urging Texas Governor Abbott To Declare Border 'Invasion'

Apr 07, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -78% Extremely Liberal

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -64% Very Liberal

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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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"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
"The urging comes as the Republican governor prepares to aounce April 6 unprecedented actions to deter migrants coming to Texas after the Biden administration aounced last week it will end a public health law that has limited asylum to prevent the spread of COVID-19."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"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 but gave no indication about whether the two-term governor supported the idea."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"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
"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."
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-80% Liberal
"We'll be taking unprecedented action, Abbott told radio station KCRS."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Homan on Tuesday described the response from Abbott's office, which he said took place about three months ago, as non-committal but willing to listen."
Positive
6% 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
"The urging comes as the Republican governor prepares to aounce April 6 unprecedented actions to deter migrants coming to Texas after the Biden administration aounced last week it will end a public health law that has limited asylum to prevent the spread of COVID-19."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"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 but gave no indication about whether the two-term governor supported the idea."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"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 but gave no indication about whether the two-term governor supported the idea."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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 to dent in the number of people crossing the border."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"It includes Ken Cuccinelli, an immigration hardliner and former Homeland Security official under Trump."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Some 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
-30% Liberal
"Some 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
-30% 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
"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:

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.
48% : The urging comes as the Republican governor prepares to announce April 6 "unprecedented actions" to deter migrants coming to Texas after the Biden administration announced last week it will end a public health law that has limited asylum to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
44% : 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 but gave no indication about whether the two-term governor supported the idea.
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% : 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.

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