Migration at the southern U.S. border has risen to the highest level in decades.

Jun 28, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -98% Extremely Liberal

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    92% 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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"For more than a year, Mr. Abbott has poured billions of dollars in state funding into increasing the presence of the Texas State Police and National Guard soldiers at the border."
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30% Conservative
"Crashes near the border are also common, sometimes during chases by law enforcement."
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6% Conservative
"In recent days, law enforcement officials along the border and in nearby counties have expressed concern at the number of arriving migrants in Texas, which has long been one of the most heavily trafficked borders for migrants."
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0% Conservative
"But the effort has been unable to stop the flow of migrants crossing from Mexico either to seek asylum or, in other cases, to evade the authorities and enter the country illegally."
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-24% Liberal
"Federal officials have recorded a record number of illegal crossings across the southern border for this point in the year, with more than 44,000 recorded last month just in the area around Del Rio and Eagle Pass, the border city closest to San Antonio."
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-24% Liberal
"This horrible tragedy is a reminder that we need a safe, orderly way for people to claim asylum, said Representative Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, a Democrat."
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-36% Liberal
"For more than a year, Mr. Abbott has poured billions of dollars in state funding into increasing the presence of the Texas State Police and National Guard soldiers at the border."
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14% Conservative
"Earlier on Monday, Mr. Abbott had been touting his government's efforts on Twitter, posting statistics on the number of migrants apprehended."
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0% Conservative
"Imagine being abandoned inside an 18-wheeler left to die, Representative Tony Gonzales, whose congressional district stretches from the outskirts of San Antonio to the border, wrote on Twitter."
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-6% Liberal
"These deaths are on Biden, Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, said in a short statement on Twitter."
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-6% Liberal
"These deaths are on Biden, Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, said in a short statement on Twitter."
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-6% Liberal
"Will @AliMayorkas even mention their names? he added, referring to Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security."
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-14% Liberal
"This horrible tragedy is a reminder that we need a safe, orderly way for people to claim asylum, said Representative Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, a Democrat."
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-20% Liberal
"Mr. Abbott's office did not immediately comment on the deaths near San Antonio before the governor returned to Twitter to confirm the deaths and attack President Biden, a Democrat, whom Mr. Abbott has sought to blame for the large number of arriving migrants."
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-16% Liberal
"Mr. Abbott's office did not immediately comment on the deaths near San Antonio before the governor returned to Twitter to confirm the deaths and attack President Biden, a Democrat, whom Mr. Abbott has sought to blame for the large number of arriving migrants."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Mr. Abbott's office did not immediately comment on the deaths near San Antonio before the governor returned to Twitter to confirm the deaths and attack President Biden, a Democrat, whom Mr. Abbott has sought to blame for the large number of arriving migrants."
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-16% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : For more than a year, Mr. Abbott has poured billions of dollars in state funding into increasing the presence of the Texas State Police and National Guard soldiers at the border.
53% :Crashes near the border are also common, sometimes during chases by law enforcement.
50% : In recent days, law enforcement officials along the border and in nearby counties have expressed concern at the number of arriving migrants in Texas, which has long been one of the most heavily trafficked borders for migrants.
38% : But the effort has been unable to stop the flow of migrants crossing from Mexico either to seek asylum or, in other cases, to evade the authorities and enter the country illegally.
38% : Federal officials have recorded a record number of illegal crossings across the southern border for this point in the year, with more than 44,000 recorded last month just in the area around Del Rio and Eagle Pass, the border city closest to San Antonio.
32% : "This horrible tragedy is a reminder that we need a safe, orderly way for people to claim asylum," said Representative Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, a Democrat.

*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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