Los Angeles Times Article Rating

'Egregious' conditions at ICE facility spark watchdog call for relocation of detainees

Mar 19, 2022 View Original Article
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    -20% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -30% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -3% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% :ICE pays about $2 million per month to house detainees at the facility.
50% : Congressional democrats called on ICE to end its contract and close the facility.
48% : "We recommend that the Acting Director of ICE immediately relocate all detainees from Torrance County Detention Facility and place no detainees there unless and until the facility ensures adequate staffing and appropriate living conditions," the report concludes.
45% : U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement disputed the investigators' findings and declined to empty the Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia, about an hour's drive southeast of Albuquerque.
41% : But in a March 1 contract discrepancy report, ICE said the facility had repeatedly violated detention standards.

*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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