DHS chief Mayorkas and Senators See Dire Conditions in Packed Border Stations
We ran the numbers: There are 2120 news articles covering this topic. 16% (345) are left leaning, 32% (669) are center, and 52% (1106) are right leaning.
On Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ visited the southern border to assess the surge of child migrants. While left-leaning articles highlight that migrant children and families are dangerously packed into holding facilities on the southwest border, right-leaning articles highlight that Republicans have blamed a recent surge in migrants aiming to cross the southern border on policies and rhetoric from President Biden.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that migrant children and families are dangerously packed into holding facilities on the southwest border, as Customs and Border Protection weighed taking the emergency step of putting migrant families on airplanes to states near the Canadian border for processing. A growing number of Republicans and some Democrats say the situation is spiraling out of control.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Mayorakas’ visit to the southern border will be closed to the press, fueling criticism of the Biden administration that it is not being transparent about conditions on the ground. The Department of Homeland Security said the visit would be closed to the press due to “privacy and COVID-19 precautions.”
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Republicans have blamed a recent surge in migrants aiming to cross the southern border on policies and rhetoric from President Biden, who is perceived as more friendly to migrants aiming to come into the country illegally or through the asylum system. National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto said he is tired of the D.C. rhetorical battle over whether the situation on the border is a crisis.
From the left
Senators see dire conditions in packed border stations, as officials consider flying migrants north
The Washington Post
From the right
DHS chief Mayorkas to visit southern border as Biden admin under pressure on immigration
Fox News