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Oregon to investigate Border Patrol shooting of couple in Portland

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  • Reliability

    65% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -56% Medium Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    -65% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Multnomah County, which includes part of Portland, voted Thursday to extend an emergency declaration in response to ICE's continued presence in the area, County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson said.
55% : " In the wake of Thursday's shooting, demonstrators gathered outside an ICE facility in Portland.
55% : On the federal government side, the FBI said it is investigating an "assault" on two CBP agents.
39% : The shooting Thursday afternoon inflamed tensions a day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, prompting protests nationwide.
38% : " The Portland shooting unfolded as US Border Patrol agents conducted a "targeted vehicle stop" and one of the agents "fired defensive shots" after the driver tried to run the agents over, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
37% : Wilson called for ICE to halt all operations in Portland until an investigation can take place.
30% : After the Portland shooting, Oregon state Sen. Kayse Jama took a similar tone, telling ICE agents to "get the hell out of our community.

*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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