Joe Biden shuts down vital trade route to help migrants cross border

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said that the operation was being conducted in partnership with Mexican authorities.
54% : "With this Executive Order, I am taking action where the federal government won't," Hobbs, who had previously asked Biden to reopen the port, said in a written statement.
53% : In recent weeks, CBP temporarily closed the Lukeville, Arizona, Port of Entry and a pedestrian entrance in San Diego to redirect resources elsewhere.
50% : Newsweek contacted Union Pacific, CBP and the White House for comment by email on Tuesday.
32% : It's not the first time that federal authorities resort to closing down vital bridges across the country to tackle the issue of illegal immigration.
18% : The closure of two rail bridges that move freight between Texas and Mexico by federal authorities on Sunday has sparked criticism from rail company Union Pacific, presenting a new challenge to President Joe Biden.

*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.