US border cities prepare for migrant influx as Title 42 ends

  • Bias Rating

    -14% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    95% ReliableExcellent

  • Policy Leaning

    -42% Moderately Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    80% 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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"Mr. Murray is deputy director of public affairs and outreach programs at the California Department of Social Services."
Positive
20% Conservative
"The state reports directing $4 billion to border security, deploying National Guard members and state troopers, and laying miles of concertina wire along the border at El Paso."
Positive
6% Conservative
"They are expected to pass a border security bill Thursday that would build more border wall and place new restrictions on asylum-seekers."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Mr. Garcia is speaking specifically of the need for a plan to uphold the right to seek asylum in the U.S."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"This week, Latin America special correspondent Whitney Eulich chronicled the legacy of Title 42 on Mexican border cities that have swelled with migrants - and the difficulty that many of them have using the administration's phone app to pursue asylum."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"State law enforcement has apprehended more than 373,000 unauthorized immigrants since 2021."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"To prepare for an expected increase, the Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a rule that further restricts access to asylum."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"They include asylum-seekers in fear of returning home as well as those in search of better economic conditions - which are not grounds for asylum."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Removals of noncitizens under the law carry steeper penalties than Title 42 expulsions, such as a five-year bar on reentry and potential criminal prosecution for future attempts."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Some are hurt from scaling the border wall."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"As Title 42 expires, the Biden administration's plans include increased persoel and other resources for border operations and the interviewing of asylum-seekers, harsher targeting of smugglers, and regional processing centers in Central and South America to screen migrants for possible admittance."
Positive
6% Conservative
"By letting Title 42 end, President Biden is laying down a welcome mat to people across the entire world, Governor Abbott said Monday, aouncing a new Texas Tactical Border Force of National Guard members."
Positive
8% Conservative
"By letting Title 42 end, President Biden is laying down a welcome mat to people across the entire world, Governor Abbott said Monday, aouncing a new Texas Tactical Border Force of National Guard members."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Immigrant advocates have decried such limitations, which they see as reminiscent of the Trump era."
Positive
4% Conservative
"The provision, known as Title 42, is part of the public health code that the Trump administration invoked to restrict immigration three years ago."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"We are cleareyed about the challenges we are likely to face in the days and weeks ahead, which have the potential to be very difficult, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at a Wednesday press conference."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, has pursued a plan of deterrence."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"To prepare for an expected increase, the Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a rule that further restricts access to asylum."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Many House Republicans disagree, calling for Mr. Mayorkas' impeachment over what they call a colossal loss of control."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Though challenged in court, the controversial policy continued under the Biden administration, resulting in more than 2.8 million expulsions since March 2020 - including those who tried to cross more than once."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy director at the American Immigration Council, argues the Biden government is violating the letter and spirit of the law to essentially say only those people who go to ports of entry are able to access the asylum system."
Negative
-30% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Mr. Murray is deputy director of public affairs and outreach programs at the California Department of Social Services.
53% : The state reports directing $4 billion to border security, deploying National Guard members and state troopers, and laying miles of concertina wire along the border at El Paso.
49% : They are expected to pass a border security bill Thursday that would build more border wall and place new restrictions on asylum-seekers.
48% : Mr. Garcia is speaking specifically of the need for a plan to uphold the right to seek asylum in the U.S.
46% : This week, Latin America special correspondent Whitney Eulich chronicled the legacy of Title 42 on Mexican border cities that have swelled with migrants - and the difficulty that many of them have using the administration's phone app to pursue asylum.
45% : State law enforcement has apprehended more than 373,000 unauthorized immigrants since 2021.
43% : To prepare for an expected increase, the Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a rule that further restricts access to asylum.
42% : They include asylum-seekers in fear of returning home as well as those in search of better economic conditions - which are not grounds for asylum.
39% : Removals of noncitizens under the law carry steeper penalties than Title 42 expulsions, such as a five-year bar on reentry and potential criminal prosecution for future attempts.
37% : Some are hurt from scaling the border wall.

*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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