KXXV Article RatingU.S. Department of Justice says it'll sue if Texas enforces new law punishing illegal border crossing
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6% Center
- Reliability
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- Policy Leaning
10% Center
- Politician Portrayal
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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.
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| "The DOJ said in its letter that only the federal government can enforce immigration laws -- an assertion backed up by federal court rulings, including by the U.S. Supreme Court." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The federal government must block this unconstitutional anti-immigrant policy before it takes effect." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Abbott has said that the federal government is shirking its duties when it comes to immigration enforcement -- and has therefore left that job to the state." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Abbott signed the law Dec. 18 and it's slated to take effect March 5." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "The new law, known as Senate Bill 4, is unconstitutional and will disrupt the federal government's operations vis-u00e0-vis immigration and border enforcement, an agency official told Gov. Greg Abbott in a letter first reported Thursday by the Houston Chronicle and later posted on social media by a CBS News reporter." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Asking local police to hunt down Texans who look like immigrants doesn't make us safer: in fact, it takes police away from investigating real crime, U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Austin, said in a statement." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "An Abbott spokesperson did not immediately return an email requesting comment." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The U.S. Department of Justice has threatened to sue to stop a new Texas law that allows state police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border -- unless Gov. Greg Abbott backs off of enforcing the law." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
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50% : The DOJ said in its letter that only the federal government can enforce immigration laws -- an assertion backed up by federal court rulings, including by the U.S. Supreme Court.34% : "The federal government must block this unconstitutional anti-immigrant policy before it takes effect.
*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.