Texas Governor Pledges to Bus Illegal Immigrants to Nation's Capital

Apr 08, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    98% Extremely Conservative

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    26% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    90% 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

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"During Wednesday's press conference, the governor pledged to ramp up the operation's ability to interdict illegal activity through vehicle inspections since officials expect increases in illegal immigration."
Positive
34% Conservative
"[Border security advocates initially cheered Abbott's aouncement, but some later criticized it for leaving out key details included in a press release from his office, specifically that the trip to D.C. would be voluntary for illegal immigrants.]Since March 2021, Abbott has reinforced the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Military Department in what he dubbed Operation Lone Star."
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-36% Liberal
"As part of his aouncement, Abbott signed a letter addressed to Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd, who is charged with carrying out the busing operation."
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6% Conservative
"Title 42 is a Trump-era public health order put in place to control the spread of COVID-19."
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2% Conservative
"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will charter buses to send migrants entering his state illegally to Washington, D.C., in response to an expected border surge when the Biden administration ends a public health measure known as Title 42."
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4% Conservative
"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will charter buses to send migrants entering his state illegally to Washington, D.C., in response to an expected border surge when the Biden administration ends a public health measure known as Title 42."
Positive
4% Conservative
"We are sending them to the United States Capitol, where the Biden administration will be able to more immediately address the needs of the people that they are allowing to come across our border, Abbott said of illegal immigrants who enter Texas from Mexico."
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4% Conservative
"We are sending them to the United States Capitol, where the Biden administration will be able to more immediately address the needs of the people that they are allowing to come across our border, Abbott said of illegal immigrants who enter Texas from Mexico."
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4% Conservative
"[Border security advocates initially cheered Abbott's aouncement, but some later criticized it for leaving out key details included in a press release from his office, specifically that the trip to D.C. would be voluntary for illegal immigrants.]Since March 2021, Abbott has reinforced the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Military Department in what he dubbed Operation Lone Star."
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-28% Liberal
"[Border security advocates initially cheered Abbott's aouncement, but some later criticized it for leaving out key details included in a press release from his office, specifically that the trip to D.C. would be voluntary for illegal immigrants.]Since March 2021, Abbott has reinforced the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Military Department in what he dubbed Operation Lone Star."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"To help local officials, whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the Biden administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants who have been dropped off by the Biden administration to Washington, D.C., Abbott, a Republican, said during a Wednesday press conference."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"To help local officials, whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the Biden administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants who have been dropped off by the Biden administration to Washington, D.C., Abbott, a Republican, said during a Wednesday press conference."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"To help local officials, whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the Biden administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants who have been dropped off by the Biden administration to Washington, D.C., Abbott, a Republican, said during a Wednesday press conference."
Negative
-26% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : During Wednesday's press conference, the governor pledged to ramp up the operation's ability to interdict illegal activity through vehicle inspections since officials expect increases in illegal immigration.
32% : [Border security advocates initially cheered Abbott's announcement, but some later criticized it for leaving out key details included in a press release from his office, specifically that the trip to D.C. would be voluntary for illegal immigrants.]Since March 2021, Abbott has reinforced the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Military Department in what he dubbed "Operation Lone Star."

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