Texas to send buses of undocumented immigrants to US capital if they're willing to go, Gov. Greg Abbott says

Apr 08, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -36% Medium Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    24% Somewhat Conservative

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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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"The head of US Border Patrol told CNN last month that he's getting ready for as many as 8,000 people to be apprehended daily this spring."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Many are seeking asylum."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Abbott emphasized, in a Fox News interview Thursday morning, that only immigrants who volunteer to be transported to Washington would be sent there, or it would be kidnapping, even though it would be by a law enforcement agency.What better place for them to go to than the steps of the United States Capitol?"
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-6% Liberal
"Other Abbott initiatives have included plans to build a border wall."
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-10% Liberal
"The order, known as Title 42, has effectively blocked most migrants from entering the US and seeking asylum for more than two years."
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-22% Liberal
"The busing and unsafe vehicle policies will be added to Operation Lone Star, and Abbott said more directives will be aounced next week."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Abbott told reporters the plan is a response to the Biden administration's recent aouncement that it will be lifting a pandemic public health order next month, a decision that could significantly increase the number of migrants crossing the border."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Abbott told reporters the plan is a response to the Biden administration's recent aouncement that it will be lifting a pandemic public health order next month, a decision that could significantly increase the number of migrants crossing the border."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Biden administration officials have stressed repeatedly that they're plaing for the expected increase in migration."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"In March 2021, Abbott launched Operation Lone Star, citing a crisis at the US southern border."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Former President Donald Trump implemented the order at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Abbott has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to charter buses and flights that would send to Washington willing migrants who've been processed and released from federal custody, his office said."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"The Biden administration aounced last week the order would end on May 23."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Abbott emphasized, in a Fox News interview Thursday morning, that only immigrants who volunteer to be transported to Washington would be sent there, or it would be kidnapping, even though it would be by a law enforcement agency.What better place for them to go to than the steps of the United States Capitol?"
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Abbott said to Fox News."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Also on Wednesday, Abbott signed what he called a zero-tolerance policy for unsafe vehicles used to smuggle migrants across the border and said that it will be implemented immediately."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Other Abbott initiatives have included plans to build a border wall."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Texas will send willing undocumented immigrants to Washington, DC, by bus and plane, Gov. Greg Abbott's office aounced Wednesday, saying local leaders in the state are fed up with the federal government for releasing migrants into their communities."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"To help local officials whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants who have been dropped off by the Biden Administration to Washington, DC, Abbott said during a news conference Wednesday along the US-Mexico border in Weslaco, Texas."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"As Abbott has deployed thousands of persoel to the US-Mexico border, the operation has been slammed as overtly political and a waste of resources by Democratic lawmakers and even some of the National Guard members participating in the mission."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"When Title 42 ends, the federal government is plaing for up to 18,000 illegal immigrants crossing the border each day, as a worst-case scenario, Abbott noted."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Abbott's aouncement took widespread Republican criticism of the move a step further."
Negative
-44% Liberal
"Abbott has been a vocal critic of President Joe Biden's White House, piing an increase in migrants on its immigration policies, though there were spikes during Trump's administration as well."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Abbott has been a vocal critic of President Joe Biden's White House, piing an increase in migrants on its immigration policies, though there were spikes during Trump's administration as well."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Abbott has been a vocal critic of President Joe Biden's White House, piing an increase in migrants on its immigration policies, though there were spikes during Trump's administration as well."
Negative
-24% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The head of US Border Patrol told CNN last month that he's getting ready for as many as 8,000 people to be apprehended daily this spring.
48% : Many are seeking asylum.
47% : Abbott emphasized, in a Fox News interview Thursday morning, that only immigrants who volunteer to be transported to Washington would be sent there, or it "would be kidnapping, even though it would be by a law enforcement agency.""What better place for them to go to than the steps of the United States Capitol?"
45% : Other Abbott initiatives have included plans to build a border wall.
39% : The order, known as Title 42, has effectively blocked most migrants from entering the US and seeking asylum for more than two years.

*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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