UnionLeader Article RatingWhy are migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers?
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| "U.S. Border Patrol made more than 2.2 million arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2022 fiscal year, which ended last September, the most ever recorded." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Migrants who have arrived on U.S. soil are eligible to ask for asylum, even if they cross the border illegally and turn themselves into border agents, but wiing a case is a long and complicated process that can take years due to backlogs." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "President Joe Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday for the first time since he took office in January 2021, ahead of a visit to Mexico and after aouncing new measures to reduce border crossings." | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| "As part of Biden's aouncement on Thursday, the administration said it would admit up to 30,000 migrants by air from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela each month under a new temporary humanitarian parole program if they have a U.S. sponsor." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The Biden administration has said it wants to surge resources to process more claims quicker but faces budgetary and other constraints." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "When Biden took office in 2021, he said he wanted Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The Republican governors of Texas and Arizona last year bused thousands of migrants from the border to northern cities like New York and Washington, D.C., which they say eases the pressure in border communities and sends a political message to Biden and Democrats." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The policy was implemented in March 2020 under Republican former President Donald Trump, an immigration hardliner." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Biden aounced on Thursday that Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans -- who have also been arriving in larger numbers -- will now also be expelled under Title 42." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Biden, a Democrat, tried to end the Title 42 order, which health officials said was no longer needed, but the termination was blocked in court." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "The Biden administration also set a goal of resettling 125,000 refugees in 2022 who apply from abroad after Trump dramatically slashed admissions during his term." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "The Biden administration also set a goal of resettling 125,000 refugees in 2022 who apply from abroad after Trump dramatically slashed admissions during his term." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
53% :U.S. Border Patrol made more than 2.2 million arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2022 fiscal year, which ended last September, the most ever recorded.44% : Migrants who have arrived on U.S. soil are eligible to ask for asylum, even if they cross the border illegally and turn themselves into border agents, but winning a case is a long and complicated process that can take years due to backlogs.
*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.