Harris, Mayorkas say they were horrified by images of horse-mounted Border Patrol agents confronting Haitian migrants

Sep 21, 2021 View Original Article
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    -6% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    40% 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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"Any mistreatment or abuse of a migrant is unacceptable, is against Border Control policy, training and our department's values, Mayorkas said, pledging that the investigation will be conducted swiftly."
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-8% Liberal
"The Border Patrol typically uses horse-mounted officers to access difficult or roadless terrain and at times as a crowd-control tool, not unlike other law enforcement organizations."
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-8% Liberal
"Harris has been tasked by President Joe Biden to address the root causes of migration to the southern U.S. border."
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6% Conservative
"During a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., took Mayorkas to task more broadly for the emergence of a makeshift camp in Del Rio, where nearly 15,000 border-crossers have arrived."
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-10% Liberal
"Every time you come before this committee, you always say it's going to get better, Hawley said of illegal border crossings during the Biden administration."
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-34% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : "Any mistreatment or abuse of a migrant is unacceptable, is against Border Control policy, training and our department's values," Mayorkas said, pledging that the investigation will be conducted "swiftly."
46% : The Border Patrol typically uses horse-mounted officers to access difficult or roadless terrain and at times as a crowd-control tool, not unlike other law enforcement organizations.

*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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