ICE to stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees, internal memo says 36%
By Douglas MacMillan0%
6/4/2026, 2:09:59 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Recency Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 64.6% saturation with 51 hits. Analysis detected 269 faulty-reasoning hits from 79 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 43% and a BS Rank of 36% (14,081 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 64.30% of the article peer group.
As the number of immigrants dying in government custody rises, U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is shrinking the scope of which deaths it will be required to report.
In a memo sent to agency employees Thursday and reviewed by The Washington Post, acting director David Venturella said ICE is eliminating its requirement to report deaths that occur within 30 days of people being released from its custody.
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
35.4%Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
49.4%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Personal Incredulity
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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79 words analyzed.
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