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  "schema_version": 1,
  "slug": "immigration",
  "title": "Immigration",
  "canonical_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/signals/immigration/",
  "json_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/data/signals/immigration.json",
  "summary": "Policy, legal challenges, and humanitarian developments around immigration policy (lawsuits, policy changes, TPS endings) driving political debate and public attention.",
  "why_now": "Simultaneous reporting of a high-profile lawsuit, opinion analysis, and human-impact stories created a clustered signal linking legal/policy action to public concern.",
  "evidence_summary": "- WSJ reports a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a new immigration rule — direct legal/policy action. - NYT opinion about Europe's obsession with immigration and NPR coverage of TPS endings for Haitians indicate policy and humanitarian angles fueling debate. - Why_this_is_trending explicitly groups legal/policy and human-impact reporting for immigration.",
  "caveat": "Signal Type: Political Controversy",
  "collected_at": "Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:40:00 -0700",
  "signal_type": "Political Controversy",
  "score": 90.0,
  "score_field": "adjusted_score",
  "state": "PUBLISH",
  "evidence": [
    "Mamdani Sues Trump Administration Over New Immigration Rule - WSJ",
    "Opinion | There’s a Reason Europe Is So Obsessed With Immigration - The New York Times",
    "For thousands of Haitians in the U.S., end of protected status brings fear, grief and defiance - NPR"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Mamdani Sues Trump Administration Over New Immigration Rule - WSJ",
      "source": "WSJ",
      "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiogFBVV95cUxQT25wb0RsWGptOTlOUWtTWDZZM05EMTk4WlI5c2dIQ3ZfS0hWNHM1bmZ4Sm1faWl5OHZGNVRVV21Eb3lsa3FNem44ZlBVZC1qTjlfMHFha2Z3UXRhZVIycHpRSG9BRnVXMnFiMzJidGpzZUZkc0dlSFVfM2hTNm10Mm5GTHBjVzhpLXUzalB6S0I4WGFxbk1acm1PZ01FalhUaUE?oc=5"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "record_id": "202609151903_signal_Quality-5-immigration",
    "batch_id": "202609151903",
    "input_files": {
      "Quality": "202609151903_signal_Quality.txt",
      "Musk": "202609151903_signal_Musk.txt",
      "Kurzweil": "202609151858_signal_Kurzweil.txt",
      "Jobs": "202609151857_signal_Jobs.txt",
      "Buffett": "202609151855_signal_Buffett.txt",
      "Bezos": "202609151855_signal_Bezos.txt"
    }
  }
}