How the End of a Trump-Era Border Rule Complicates Biden's Immigration Policy

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    -8% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    88% 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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"US Border Patrol reported 2.2 million encounters of migrants entering the country without authorization in the 12 months that ended Sept. 30, the vast majority crossing from Mexico."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"That gives migrants a chance to remain in the US at least temporarily in order to make long-shot bids at gaining asylum, available to people who can show they have a legitimate fear of persecution at home."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"The administration on May 10 finalized a rule that would allow the US to deny asylum to many migrants who arrive at the southern border without first scheduling an appointment online with US authorities or who did not first seek protections in another country, such as Mexico, on their way to the border."
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-22% Liberal
"Immigration arrests in the US interior were down in fiscal year 2021, which comprised most of Biden's first year in office, compared to 2020 under Trump."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Immigration arrests in the US interior were down in fiscal year 2021, which comprised most of Biden's first year in office, compared to 2020 under Trump."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Their leaders have pressured the Biden administration to provide more financial and logistical assistance."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Economic and political instability there has been worsened by the pandemic, and the Biden administration argues that this accounted for the surge in overall arrivals."
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2% Conservative
"An unprecedented surge of migrants crossing the US southern border, however, has reignited the long-ruing debate in the US over immigration and tested Biden's relatively welcoming approach."
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-2% Liberal
"US President Joe Biden promised a more compassionate immigration policy than that of his predecessor, Donald Trump, who moved in myriad ways to restrict the flow of newcomers to the country."
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8% Conservative
"US President Joe Biden promised a more compassionate immigration policy than that of his predecessor, Donald Trump, who moved in myriad ways to restrict the flow of newcomers to the country."
Positive
8% Conservative
"They've used Title 42, a public health order dusted off under Trump to curb migration at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Since taking office in January 2021, Biden, a Democratic president, has unwound many of Trump's immigration policies."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Since taking office in January 2021, Biden, a Democratic president, has unwound many of Trump's immigration policies."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Arrests almost doubled in fiscal year 2022 compared to the prior year -- even as the administration said it continued to use a more targeted approach than Trump."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"His party, however, hasn't had sufficient control of Congress to pass legislation without support from Republicans, among whom views on immigration hardened under Trump."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"The Biden administration says there are signs the parole program is working to discourage illegal crossings."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"He halted most though not all new construction on barriers Trump commissioned on the US southern frontier."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Biden originally tried to rescind Title 42, only to be thwarted by a judge's ruling."
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-30% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : US Border Patrol reported 2.2 million encounters of migrants entering the country without authorization in the 12 months that ended Sept. 30, the vast majority crossing from Mexico.
43% : That gives migrants a chance to remain in the US at least temporarily in order to make long-shot bids at gaining asylum, available to people who can show they have a legitimate fear of persecution at home.
39% : The administration on May 10 finalized a rule that would allow the US to deny asylum to many migrants who arrive at the southern border without first scheduling an appointment online with US authorities or who did not first seek protections in another country, such as Mexico, on their way to the border.

*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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