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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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| "Immigration a political iussueImmigration is likely to be a major campaign issue in the presidential race with a majority of Americans -- 54 | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "In a notice published in the Federal Register on Thursday, Biden's Department of Homeland Security said it needed to waive a number of laws, regulations and other legal requirements to construct barriers in Starr County, Texas." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The White House in a statement said it has taken a different approach to try to fix the broken immigration system they said Biden inherited, including increasing legal pathways for migrants and investing in border security technology." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| Trump made building border barriers a central tenet of his first campaign for president with the rally chant, "Build That Wall. | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| When Title 42 expired on May 11 this year, the Biden administration replaced it with a tough new rule that requires migrants to make an appointment on a government-run smartphone app before approaching a legal port of entry or face a tougher bar for asylum if they cross the border illegally.nn | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| Trump wrote on social media. | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| The county is in Rio Grande Valley Sector where Border Patrol agents have encountered more than 245,000 people entering the United States this fiscal year, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in the Federal Register post.nn | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| Struggle with record migrant crossingsnnThe administration has been struggling operationally and politically with a record number of migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border during Biden's term with new highs hit in September.nn | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "nnOne of Biden's first actions after taking office in January 2021 was to issue a proclamation pledging that "no more American taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall" as well as a review of all resources that had already been committed.nn | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| Asked by reporters if the border wall works, Biden said "No" but that the administration had to use the money. | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| Trump was quick to claim victory and demand an apology.nn | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| In a notice published in the Federal Register on Thursday, Biden's Department of Homeland Security said it needed to waive a number of laws, regulations and other legal requirements to construct barriers in Starr County, Texas.nn | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| The White House in a statement said it has taken a different approach to try to fix the "broken immigration system" they said Biden "inherited," including increasing legal pathways for migrants and investing in border security technology.nn | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination to challenge Biden, a Democrat, in the 2024 presidential race. | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination to challenge Biden, a Democrat, in the 2024 presidential race. | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| On Thursday, the administration said the action did not deviate from Biden's proclamation because money that was allocated during Trump's term in 2019 had to be spent now.nn | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| On Thursday, the administration said the action did not deviate from Biden's proclamation because money that was allocated during Trump's term in 2019 had to be spent now.nn | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| Biden initially promised to roll back many of Trump's immigration policies, but kept in place a COVID-era public health order known as Title 42, which allowed border agents to expel migrants to Mexico without a chance to seek asylum.nn | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| Biden initially promised to roll back many of Trump's immigration policies, but kept in place a COVID-era public health order known as Title 42, which allowed border agents to expel migrants to Mexico without a chance to seek asylum.nn | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "nnU.S. officials said the administration was required by law to spend money now that Congress set aside in 2019 under Trump, adding that attempts to push lawmakers to reappropriate the funding elsewhere failed.nn | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| Biden tried early in his tenure to get a comprehensive immigration reform bill passed in Congress, but Republican opposition thwarted progress. | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| The Biden administration decision to move forward with the border barriers will open the president to criticism from his left-leaning base, including immigration advocates and environmentalists opposed to more construction.nn | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Will Joe Biden apologize to me and America for taking so long to get moving..."nnMexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called the move "a step backwards. | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| President Joe Biden's administration said on Thursday it will add sections to a border wall to stave off record migrant crossings from Mexico, a reversal that embraces a signature policy of former President Donald Trump.nn | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| President Joe Biden's administration said on Thursday it will add sections to a border wall to stave off record migrant crossings from Mexico, a reversal that embraces a signature policy of former President Donald Trump.nn | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| Republican governors near the border, who say Biden is not doing enough to stop the crossings, have bused some arriving migrants to Democratically controlled cities such as New York and Chicago, with some Democratic leaders there now also criticizing Biden.nn | Negative | -66% Liberal |
| Republican governors near the border, who say Biden is not doing enough to stop the crossings, have bused some arriving migrants to Democratically controlled cities such as New York and Chicago, with some Democratic leaders there now also criticizing Biden.nn | Negative | -66% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
59% : "Immigration a political iussueImmigration is likely to be a major campaign issue in the presidential race with a majority of Americans -- 54% -- agreeing with the statement that "immigration is making life harder for native-born Americans," a September Reuters/Ipsos poll found.42% : In a notice published in the Federal Register on Thursday, Biden's Department of Homeland Security said it needed to waive a number of laws, regulations and other legal requirements to construct barriers in Starr County, Texas.
42% : The White House in a statement said it has taken a different approach to try to fix the "broken immigration system" they said Biden "inherited," including increasing legal pathways for migrants and investing in border security technology.
*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.