New Texas law allows state to arrest migrants, challenging federal authority

Dec 18, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    42% 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

-7% Negative

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"It will also provide an additional $40 million to fund overtime for Texas DPS troopers working border security operations."
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8% Conservative
"Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility."
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6% Conservative
"The governor also said that the law opens up the opportunity to challenge the precedent set in 2012's Arizona v. United States, which found that Arizona's state immigration laws conflicted with federal immigration laws."
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-6% Liberal
"The signing in Brownsville included Senate Bill 3, which provides $1.5 billion for border security, Senate Bill 4, which makes illegal entry into Texas a state crime, and Senate Bill 4 from the Third Special Session, which increases the minimum sentence from two years to 10 years for smuggling immigrants or operating a stash house."
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-26% Liberal
"BROWNSVILLE,Texas - Texas Governor Greg Abbott and several other state leaders were on hand as the governor signed three new border security bills into law, including one which could open a challenge federal immigration law."
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0% Conservative
"We believe this law has been crafted in a way that can and should be upheld in courts on its own, said Abbott."
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0% Conservative
"Ronald Reagan once said 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall,' I say to Joe Biden, Mr. Biden build up that wall, said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick."
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-22% Liberal
"Ronald Reagan once said 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall,' I say to Joe Biden, Mr. Biden build up that wall, said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick."
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-22% Liberal
"Ronald Reagan once said 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall,' I say to Joe Biden, Mr. Biden build up that wall, said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick."
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-22% Liberal
"But Texas Republicans have increasingly blurred those boundaries under President Joe Biden, saying his administration isn't doing enough to stop people from entering the country illegally."
Negative
-32% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : It will also provide an additional $40 million to fund overtime for Texas DPS troopers working border security operations.
53% : Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility.
47% : The governor also said that the law opens up the opportunity to challenge the precedent set in 2012's Arizona v. United States, which found that Arizona's state immigration laws conflicted with federal immigration laws.
37% : The signing in Brownsville included Senate Bill 3, which provides $1.5 billion for border security, Senate Bill 4, which makes illegal entry into Texas a state crime, and Senate Bill 4 from the Third Special Session, which increases the minimum sentence from two years to 10 years for smuggling immigrants or operating a stash house.

*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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