Topic summary
62%298 analyzed articles/videos222,405 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Immigration results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 101,598 hits. Analysis detected 933,647 faulty-reasoning hits from 992,369 analyzed words across 297 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 15% (13,447 of 15,780 topics). This Immigration is better (less manipulative) than 85.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

15% percentile
025507510014.8% percentile
1.7% BS Score297 analyzed articles992.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 9.4%9.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.2%10.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.0%8.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.2%3.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.2%1.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Small Texas town is fighting Trump’s border wall plan32%
The Texas Tribune12%By Associated Press60%7/24/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Colorado town sued over ICE detention center20%
The Colorado Sun6%By Brian Eason74%7/23/2026, 11:32:54 PM
California sues Trump over emergency funding rules that pressure states on elections46%
CalMatters30%By Lynn La24%7/23/2026, 10:00:08 PM
Haitians, Hondurans, Salvadorans cope with protected status decision16%
Newsday55%By The New Bedford Light30%7/23/2026, 9:24:51 PM
ICE is arresting relatives who come forward to take custody of migrant children in federal shelters20%
El Paso Matters3%By Texas Tribune7%7/23/2026, 6:48:16 PM
NYC immigration courts are ground-zero for a new deportation tool: Mass hearings20%
Gothamist76%By Arya Sundaram81%7/23/2026, 10:30:49 AM
Why an Oxfordshire village has erupted over illegal immigration95%
spiked93%By Hugo Timms83%7/23/2026, 8:00:28 AM
Immigration advocates sue federal government over removal of fee waivers for neglected kids37%
Courthouse News Service28%By Margaret Attridge31%7/23/2026, 12:39:42 AM
ICE drops plan to convert 2 Pennsylvania warehouses into detention centers18%
Newsday55%By The Associated Press64%7/23/2026, 12:09:47 AM
ICE detained an Oakland resident at Denver airport23%
The Oaklandside4%By Darwin BondGraham13%7/23/2026, 12:02:49 AM