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Which statement best supports the author’s purpose in "Children of the Drug Wars,” which is to persuade readers that the United States should do more to help immigrant children from Honduras?

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“Three years ago, about 6,800 children were detained by United States immigration authorities and placed in federal custody; this year, as many as 90,000 children are expected to be picked up.”
B
“These children are facing threats similar to the forceful conscription of child soldiers by warlords in Sudan or during the civil war in Bosnia. Being forced to sell drugs by narcos is no different from being forced into military service.”
C
“Judges, who currently deny seven in 10 applications for asylum by people who are in deportation proceedings, must better understand the conditions these children are facing.”
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“By deporting them directly from the refugee centers, the United States would discourage future non-refugees by showing that immigrants cannot be caught and released, and then avoid deportation by ignoring court orders to attend immigration hearings.”
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Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars." He also asked Congress to grant powers that could eliminate legal protections for children from Central America in order to expedite removals, a change that Republicans in Congress have also advocated. This would allow life-or-death decisions to be made within hours by Homeland Security officials, even though studies have shown that border patrol agents fail to adequately screen Mexican children to see if they are being sexually exploited by traffickers or fear persecution, as the agents are supposed to do. Why would they start asking Central American children key questions needed to prove refugee status? Which element of the excerpt indicates that it is an editorial?

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words with strong connotations
B
a story-like presentation
C
an unbiased view of the events
D
clear evidence of facts and statistics
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Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars.” By sending these children away, "you are handing them a death sentence ,” says José Arnulfo Ochoa Ochoa, an expert in Honduras with World Vision International, a Christian humanitarian aid group. This abrogates international conventions we have signed and undermines our credibility as a humane country. It would be a disgrace if this wealthy nation turned its back on the 52,000 children who have arrived since October, many of them legitimate refugees. The underlined words and phrases have strong negative connotations. How do they support the author’s purpose?

A
They draw attention to the opinion that the United States is not doing enough to help these children.
B
They show that the United States has participated in international conventions on how to handle the refugee crisis.
C
They show that there is a desperate need for all countries to be willing to help refugees.
D
They make it clear that the United States will lose the respect of other nations if it does not help these children.
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Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars." If many children don’t meet strict asylum criteria but face significant dangers if they return, the United States should consider allowing them to stay using humanitarian parole procedures we have employed in the past, for Cambodians and Haitians. It may be possible to transfer children and resettle them in other safe countries willing to share the burden. What is the author’s purpose in this excerpt?

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to provide facts and details about Cambodian and Haitian children
B
to prompt feelings of sympathy in the reader
C
to express an opinion about US asylum policies
D
to suggest a suspenseful atmosphere about the asylum process
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How does the map help the reader understand the passage?

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The map helps the reader understand Kalhat's location on the Gulf of Kalhat.
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The map helps the reader understand the elevation of Kalhat
C
The map helps the reader understand the distance to Kalhat from Sharkh
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The map helps the reader understand the size of Kalhat

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