Jesse McKinley/NYT's hidden assumptions

Jesse McKinley of the New York Times offers "Immigrant Protection Rules Draw Fire" about sanctuary cities. It's certainly not as bad as it could be, but it labels those opposed to those policies as "hard-liners", "conservatives", and the like. The supporters - who McKinley and/or his editor presumably consider to be "normal" - are not identified with corresponding labels.

* It states that "[c]ritics argue that sanctuary policies discourage the police from enforcing laws". It doesn't mention the impact that those policies have on encouraging additional illegal immigration.

* Here are the phrases used to describe opponents:
"conservative legal groups and politicians"
"immigration hard-liners"
"Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group"
"Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which lobbies for stronger immigration enforcement"

In contrast, the supporters are not described as "liberals" or "far-left". Those listed as "[s]anctuary supporters" are: S.F. Supervisor Gerardo C. Sandoval; Lt. Paul Vernon, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department; and the Major Cities Chiefs Association. Other unlabeld supporters are: "Kamala D. Harris, the San Francisco district attorney", "Joan Friedland, an immigration lawyer for the National Immigration Law Center", and the caption to the lead photo:

In San Francisco, Kavitha Sreeharsha, left, a lawyer, with a translator and a client at Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach, a group that has been active in fighting human trafficking and other abuses in the Bay Area.

The only slightly negative label is "[a]dvocates for illegal immigrants", of which only one is named: "Lucas Guttentag, the director of the Immigrants’ Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union".