Biden Faces Deepening Rift over Title 42
We ran the numbers: There are 2065 news articles covering this topic. 20% (416) are left leaning, 51% (1060) are center, and 29% (589) are right leaning.
President Biden is facing growing pushback from Democrats over his decision to lift a Trump-era immigration policy. While left-leaning articles highlight that Pennsylvania lieutenant governor and front-runner John Fetterman says he’s distancing himself from President Joe Biden’s plans to end pandemic-era border restrictions, right-leaning articles highlight that former acting Immigrations and Customs Enforcement chief Ron Vitiello said that President Biden is giving smugglers and illegal immigrants a "head start" across the border.
A left-leaning article by Politico highlights that Pennsylvania lieutenant governor and front-runner John Fetterman says he’s distancing himself from President Joe Biden’s plans to end pandemic-era border restrictions. Five more Democratic Senate candidates also told Politico they disagree with the way the Biden administration is phasing out Title 42,
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that the administration’s decision to rescind Title 42 is opening a rift between Biden and vulnerable Democratic incumbents, as well as with influential senators. Senator Gary Peters, who chairs both the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, said that he wanted to give the administration time to detail a plan to offset lifting the Trump policy.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that former acting Immigrations and Customs Enforcement chief Ron Vitiello said that President Biden is giving smugglers and illegal immigrants a "head start" across the border. Vitiello echoed concerns raised by both Republicans and some Democrats that the rollback will spark a surge of illegal immigrants.