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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story spans a 3.5-point bias range, with NPR's headline sitting closest to center and Breitbart anchoring the right. NPR's treatment is the most restrained, using the neutral verb "deports," citing the court's official name without editorializing, and describing the subject as a "legal US resident" — language that foregrounds the person's legal status. Moving rightward, Fox News and the Daily Caller shifted away from the core deportation event entirely, reframing around a governor's pardon "torpedoing" a Supreme Court fight and characterizing birth tourism as a "loophole" requiring closure — both employing prescriptive or charged language that positions liberal actors as obstacles to immigration enforcement. Breitbart's headline departs furthest, introducing emotionally loaded phrasing like "Callous Cartel Human Smugglers" and the term "Illegal Aliens," signaling a far-right register that emphasizes criminality and threat rather than legal process or individual circumstances.