Texas sued over new immigration law

Dec 19, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -44% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -44% Medium 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

-19% Negative

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"The president of Mexico also said his country is going to challenge the law on Tuesday."
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10% Conservative
"Immigration is a quintessentially federal authority, reads the lawsuit."
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8% Conservative
"The bill overrides bedrock constitutional principles and flouts federal immigration law while harming Texans, in particular Brown and Black communities, said Piñon."
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-2% Liberal
"The governor did acknowledge that the law could challenge the Supreme Court's 2012 decision in Arizona v. United States, which rejected most of an Arizona state immigration law, known as the Show Me Your Papers Law, because it conflicted with federal immigration laws."
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-18% Liberal
"When we talked to Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn, he told FOX 4 he sees the law as being a tool for law enforcement in border counties only."
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-42% Liberal
"Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 4 into law in Brownsville on Monday."
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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
"During Monday's bill signing, Gov. Abbott directly addressed questions about potential legal challenges."
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-10% Liberal
"Andres Manuel Lu00f3pez Obrador added that he thinks that Gov. Abbott is angling for a spot in the White House with the new law."
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-10% Liberal
"We expect a dramatic drop well over 50"
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-24% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The president of Mexico also said his country is going to challenge the law on Tuesday.
54% : Immigration is a quintessentially federal authority," reads the lawsuit.
49% : "The bill overrides bedrock constitutional principles and flouts federal immigration law while harming Texans, in particular Brown and Black communities," said Piñon.
41% : The governor did acknowledge that the law could challenge the Supreme Court's 2012 decision in Arizona v. United States, which rejected most of an Arizona state immigration law, known as the Show Me Your Papers Law, because it conflicted with federal immigration laws.
29% : When we talked to Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn, he told FOX 4 he sees the law as being a tool for law enforcement in border counties only.

*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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