Question

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. Which phrase from the excerpt contains words with strong connotations that help describe the seriousness of the situation? "handing them a death sentence" "abrogates international conventions we have signed" "turned its back on the 52,000 children" "legitimate refugees"

Answer 1

A) "handing them a death sentence"

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Answer 2

"handing them a death sentence"

Step-by-step explanation:

The text shown in the question above reinforces the idea that the United States has not helped refugee children who are already very traumatized by the whole situation in which they are living. This is a very serious matter and it has to be dealt with at the level of severity that it imposes.

The author of the text admits that the United States has not only failed to help these children, but has put them in even more traumatic situations and then forced them to return to their country of origin, where they have fled war, hunger and misery. The text stresses that this is tantamount to giving these children a death sentence, as they are being criticized for helping and fleeing something very dangerous.