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Washington Post Article Rating

U.S. revamps immigration app to add 'self-deportation' function

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -40% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

33% : U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Monday that it has added a "self-deportation" feature to its mobile phone app, in what it said was an effort to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order calling for a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration.
28% : One ad shows a fast-scroll montage of mug shots -- purportedly of undocumented immigrants who were arrested for crimes -- with Noem thanking Trump for "securing our border," while accusing "weak politicians" of saddling the United States with an influx of "drugs, human trafficking and violent criminals.
27% : In January, Trump issued an executive order directing government agencies to identify undocumented immigrants, construct detainment facilities, and enforce civil fines and penalties from those who "facilitate" the presence of undocumented people in the United States.

*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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