Los Angeles Times Article Rating

L.A. sanctuary city law won't prevent deportations. But 'we are hardening our defenses'

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -42% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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5% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Still, it is intended to signal that City Hall is standing with its large immigrant population in a deep blue city already well-known for resisting Trump.
32% : Trump has promised to deport a massive number of immigrants in the U.S. illegally, saying he would use military troops as well as state and local law enforcement.
32% : (California backed Harris over Trump.)
29% : During his recent campaign, Trump said he would ask Congress to pass a law outlawing sanctuary cities nationwide.
20% : During his last presidency, Trump deported about 1.5 million immigrants, according to a Migration Policy Institute analysis of federal figures, which the Biden administration is on pace to match.

*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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