Skip to content

Immigration & BorderFeature

Voters leave ‘I Voted’ stickers at memorials for people killed by immigration officers

By

Coverage spectrum

Covered by 4 outlets, mostly center (75%).

4 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

Newsweek, The Hill, NewsNation and The Guardian report that voters left “I Voted” stickers at memorials for people killed by immigration officers. The Hill and NewsNation describe Minnesotans leaving stickers at the memorials for Renee Good and Alex Pretti, whom The Hill says were killed by ICE officers earlier this year. Newsweek also reports stickers at a Houston memorial for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. The Hill says Minnesota was the site of Operation Metro Surge, one of the country’s largest immigration enforcement operations. The Guardian reports that Minneapolis residents were sending a message about deportations.

Headline and summary written by Mantle’s AI from the coverage below, under published rules. Editors read every story. How this works

What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. Voters in Minneapolis left “I Voted” stickers at memorials for Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two people killed by immigration officers.

    Reported byLeft1Center3See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Center
    Newsweek, NewsNation, The Hill

  2. Voters also left “I Voted” stickers at a Houston memorial for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

    One outletNewsweek· Center

  3. The Hill says Good and Pretti were killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers earlier this year.

    One outletThe Hill· Center

  4. The Hill says Minnesota was the site of Operation Metro Surge, one of the country’s largest immigration enforcement operations.

    One outletThe Hill· Center

  5. The Guardian says the Minneapolis stickers were a message from residents about deportations.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

How each side tells it

Compare views

Every side present reports voters leaving ‘I Voted’ stickers at memorials for Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The center outlets focus on the stickers and the Minnesota enforcement operation, while the Guardian presents them as a message about deportations.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    The Guardian’s headline presents the stickers as a community act at Pretti’s memorial site, and its description frames them as a message about violent deportations.

    Minneapolis community leave ‘I Voted’ stickers at Alex Pretti’s memorial site
    The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    3 outlets

    Center headlines report Minnesotans leaving stickers at the Renee Good and Alex Pretti memorials, with Newsweek’s headline adding that they are ICE memorials.

    Minnesotans leave their ‘I Voted’ stickers at Renee Good, Alex Pretti memorials
    NewsNationCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

The words they chose

Language to notice

Words that carry a judgement beyond the facts. Tap a highlighted word anywhere on the page to see why.

  • Left1

    violent deportations

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right

    Has not covered this story.

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded modifier

    violent deportationsMore neutral: deportations

    Calling the deportations violent presents a contested judgement as description; the article does not establish that the deportations themselves involved violence beyond the specific shootings it names.

    Residents are sending a clear message about the violent deportations taking place across the country during this midterm cycle Alex Pretti’s…

    Used byThe Guardian (Left)

See the full language guide

See for yourself

Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • community members at Pretti’s memorial site
  • a message about deportations
  • the midterm cycle

Leaves out

  • the Houston memorial for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

See the headline from the leftHide the headlines
  • The GuardianLeft

    Minneapolis community leave ‘I Voted’ stickers at Alex Pretti’s memorial site

    Residents are sending a clear message about the Loaded modifier“violent deportations”Calling the deportations violent presents a contested judgement as description; the article does not establish that the deportations themselves involved violence beyond the specific shootings it names.More neutral: deportationsDisagree with this highlight? taking place across the country during this midterm cycle Alex Pretti’s memorial site, which has been covered by flowers and signs for months, now has new pops of color – “I Voted” stickers from community …

    Read at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)

From the center

3 outlets

Leads with

  • Minnesota voters
  • memorials for Renee Good and Alex Pretti
  • Operation Metro Surge
See the 3 headlines from the centerHide the headlines
  • NewsweekCenter

    'I Voted' Stickers Spotted at ICE Memorials for Renee Good, Alex Pretti

    Voters in Minneapolis and Houston left "I Voted" stickers at memorials for Renee Good, Alex Pretti and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

    Read at Newsweek (opens in a new tab)
  • NewsNationCenter

    Minnesotans leave their ‘I Voted’ stickers at Renee Good, Alex Pretti memorials

    Read at NewsNation (opens in a new tab)
  • The HillCenter

    Minnesotans leave their 'I Voted' stickers at Renee Good, Alex Pretti memorials

    Minnesota voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at the memorial for Renee Good and Alex Pretti – two people killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers earlier this year. …

    Read at The Hill (opens in a new tab)

From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

The stories you read build My Mix, a private picture of which sides cover the stories you choose, kept on this device. What is My Mix?

The left is Far Left and Left together. The right is Right and Far Right together. Every outlet keeps its own five-point rating.

Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    The Guardian, Nov 3, 4:05 PM EST

  • Center

    3 hr 54 min later

    Its first report, Nov 3, 7:59 PM EST

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

See the order the outlets reported inHide the order
  1. The GuardianLeftNov 3, 4:05 PM EST
  2. The HillCenterNov 3, 7:59 PM EST
  3. NewsNationCenterNov 3, 8:19 PM EST
  4. NewsweekCenterNov 3, 8:35 PM EST

Times are the ones the outlets published in their own feeds, in Eastern time. Opinion is left out.

Read next

Help someone else find the truth beneath the surface

Most people see one side of a story. Share this one, so they can see how every side is telling it and decide for themselves.

Email it
Embed

Show this story’s coverage card on your own site, blog or class page. It has the headline, who is covering it and a link back here, and it tracks nobody. See the card

Seen a mistake? Tell us what is wrong with this page