Traffic comes to standstill after truckers block border to protest Gov. Abbott

Apr 12, 2022 View Original Article
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    24% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    60% Negative

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"The Valley supports border security, but this doesn't seem to have much or anything to do with border security, Hinojosa added."
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"If Border Patrol drops people off in your county, you will be able to work with the state to transport people out of your county to a location where they will be immediately coected with either Border Patrol professionals, [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] officials or other appropriate federal authorities, Abbott said."
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"In response to the Biden administration's recent aouncement that it plans to end Title 42 -- a pandemic-era emergency health order that lets federal officials turn away migrants at the border without the chance to request asylum -- Abbott on Wednesday ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to increase its inspections of commercial vehicles, which he said drug cartels use to smuggle humans and drugs into the United States."
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-8% Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The Valley supports border security, but this doesn't seem to have much or anything to do with border security," Hinojosa added.
51% : "If Border Patrol drops people off in your county, you will be able to work with the state to transport people out of your county to a location where they will be immediately connected with either Border Patrol professionals, [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] officials or other appropriate federal authorities," Abbott said.
46% : In response to the Biden administration's recent announcement that it plans to end Title 42 -- a pandemic-era emergency health order that lets federal officials turn away migrants at the border without the chance to request asylum -- Abbott on Wednesday ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to increase its inspections of commercial vehicles, which he said drug cartels use to smuggle humans and drugs into the United States.
43% : International bridges across the Texas-Mexico border also saw significant lines in 2019 when former President Donald Trump reassigned hundreds of customs officers from ports of entry to assist Border Patrol in dealing with detaining migrants crossing the border in between the bridges.

*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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