The San Diego Union-Tribune Article RatingOpinion: Why stakes are sky-high at the U.S.-Mexico border after Biden ends use of Title 42
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| "This is why CBP has 23 attachés from Thailand to Turkey to Kenya around the world and why the U.S. has funded border patrols in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and other nations." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "But this must not stop responsible leaders from pushing for a nation with border security and an appreciation for immigrants." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "A new regulation would generally ban migrants from seeking asylum if they cross the U.S.-Mexico border or travel through other countries on their way to the border without authorization." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Instead of being turned away en masse, migrants seeking asylum can be kept out of the nation, detained or released on U.S. soil as their cases go through immigration court." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "It has since expelled more than 2.6 million people without considering them for asylum, according to U.S. government data." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "In fact, the United Nations estimates more than 280 million migrants are no longer in their country of birth, which makes controlling immigration into the U.S. a global task far beyond its borders." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Are President Joe Biden and his administration up to the immense challenge this poses at a time of unprecedented global migration?" | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "But Biden's plan also has teeth:" | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "In a Wednesday interview with The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board, Alan Bersin -- the border czar and commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under President Barack Obama -- said Biden's plans build off an appreciation that the world has changed." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "In a Wednesday interview with The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board, Alan Bersin -- the border czar and commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under President Barack Obama -- said Biden's plans build off an appreciation that the world has changed." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "But even if Biden's immigration approach makes sense in the abstract, recent days and his 26 months in office provide little reassurance it will translate into policy success." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Remember, Trump has already said what his border policy could include if he gets the job back: Vladimir Putin-style unilateral U.S. military attacks on drug cartels in Mexico, a nation that as of March was the largest U.S. trade partner -- far outpacing Japan and Germany combined, per the Census Bureau." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The stakes could hardly be higher, given that Donald Trump could ride anger over immigration policy back to the White House in next year's election." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "On Thursday, a federal judge blocked Biden's plan to blithely drop off thousands of new migrants who couldn't be housed at U.S. facilities." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "If Biden has little room for a mass influx of migrants, he has less room for error." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Candidate Biden had promised a more compassionate set of immigration policies than Trump, and his decision to keep using a public health tool to control immigration angered many." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Candidate Biden had promised a more compassionate set of immigration policies than Trump, and his decision to keep using a public health tool to control immigration angered many." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "For all his flaws, Biden is infinitely more of such a leader than Trump." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "For all his flaws, Biden is infinitely more of such a leader than Trump." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
56% : This is why CBP has 23 attachés from Thailand to Turkey to Kenya around the world and why the U.S. has funded border patrols in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and other nations.55% : But this must not stop responsible leaders from pushing for a nation with border security and an appreciation for immigrants.
49% : A new regulation would generally ban migrants from seeking asylum if they cross the U.S.-Mexico border or travel through other countries on their way to the border without authorization.
48% : Instead of being turned away en masse, migrants seeking asylum can be kept out of the nation, detained or released on U.S. soil as their cases go through immigration court.
44% : It has since expelled more than 2.6 million people without considering them for asylum, according to U.S. government data.
42% : In fact, the United Nations estimates more than 280 million migrants are no longer in their country of birth, which makes controlling immigration into the U.S. a global task far beyond its borders.
*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.