Yahoo News Article RatingMayorkas explains why he approved border wall construction
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| "And in the meantime, there's nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for what it was appropriated." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "We have repeatedly asked Congress to rescind this money but it has not done so, and we are compelled to follow the law, he said." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Conservatives, meanwhile, said the move gave credence to Mr. Trump's signature border policy, and highlighted the aouncement as an abrupt and hypocritical 180-degrees change of course by Mr. Biden." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Conservatives, meanwhile, said the move gave credence to Mr. Trump's signature border policy, and highlighted the aouncement as an abrupt and hypocritical 180-degrees change of course by Mr. Biden." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Asked about the controversy earlier on Thursday in the Oval Office, Mr. Biden delivered a similar remark." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "On Thursday, Mayorkas said the notice on Wednesday had been taken out of context." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Margaret Brean assesses fallout of Kevin McCarthy's Face the Nation interview" | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "In the notice, Mayorkas said there was an acute and immediate need to construct the barriers to prevent unlawful border entries, which soared to a yearly high in September." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "The controversy began Wednesday, when the Department of Homeland Security posted a notice in which Mayorkas had waived over two dozen federal laws, including ones to protect wildlife and the environment, to expedite the construction of border barriers and other infrastructure in a section of Texas' Rio Grande Valley." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "But building a massive wall that spans the entire southern border is not a serious policy solution, Mr. Biden wrote in that order." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Mr. Biden said he did not think border walls were effective." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Before this week's aouncement, the Biden administration had mainly used border barrier money to fill gaps in the wall." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "From day one, this Administration has made clear that a border wall is not the answer, Mayorkas said in a statement Thursday." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Mayorkas said the administration was legally obligated to use money Congress allocated in 2019 for border barrier construction in south Texas for its intended purpose." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "During the 2020 campaign, Mr. Biden vowed not to build another foot of the border wall." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Mayorkas rejected the notion that the administration had changed its policy as it relates to a border wall, which President Biden strongly denounced during the 2020 presidential campaign." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "The aouncement quickly sparked a heated debate, as well as condemnation from environmental activists, migrant advocates, Democratic lawmakers and even Mexico's president, who said the move echoed former President Trump's controversial efforts to build hundreds of miles of wall to deter migrant crossings." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "California Democratic Rep. Nanette Barragan, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, called Mayorkas' notice disappointingWhile this border wall funding was signed into law by President Trump under Republican leadership, this decision is not in line with the current administration's commitments to end border wall construction, she said." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "California Democratic Rep. Nanette Barragan, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, called Mayorkas' notice disappointingWhile this border wall funding was signed into law by President Trump under Republican leadership, this decision is not in line with the current administration's commitments to end border wall construction, she said." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "California Democratic Rep. Nanette Barragan, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, called Mayorkas' notice disappointingWhile this border wall funding was signed into law by President Trump under Republican leadership, this decision is not in line with the current administration's commitments to end border wall construction, she said." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Washington -- Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday rebuffed growing criticism over his decision to approve the construction of more than a dozen miles of border walls along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the Biden administration was bound by law to follow through with the project." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
| "Washington -- Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday rebuffed growing criticism over his decision to approve the construction of more than a dozen miles of border walls along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the Biden administration was bound by law to follow through with the project." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
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50% : And in the meantime, there's nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for what it was appropriated.47% : "We have repeatedly asked Congress to rescind this money but it has not done so, and we are compelled to follow the law," he said.
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