Question

Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."

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?
The United States expects other countries to take in
hundreds of thousands of refugees on humanitarian
grounds. Countries neighboring Syria have absorbed
nearly 3 million people. Jordan has accepted in two days
what the United States has received in an entire month
during the height of this immigration flow-more than
9,000 children in May. The United States should also
increase to pre-9/11 levels the number of refugees we
Which elements of the excerpt indicate that it is an
editorial? Select two options.
evidence to support an opinion
an unbiased view of events
words with strong connotations
facts and statistics
Da story-like presentation

Answer 1

A. evidence to support an opinion.

C. Words with strong connotations

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

A. evidence to support an opinion.

C. Words with strong connotations

Step-by-step explanation: