To ensure this isn’t a sham process, asylum officers and judges must be trained in child-sensitive interviewing techniques to he
lp elicit information from fearful, traumatized youngsters. All children must also be represented by a volunteer or government-funded lawyer. Kids in Need of Defense, a nonprofit that recruits pro bono lawyers to represent immigrant children and whose board I serve on, estimates that 40 percent to 60 percent of these children potentially qualify to stay under current immigration laws—and do, if they have a lawyer by their side. The vast majority do not. The only way to ensure we are not hurtling children back to circumstances that could cost them their lives is by providing them with real due process. —“The Children of the Drug Wars,”
Sonia Nazario
Which words or phrases from the passage have strong connotations that support the author’s purpose? Check all that apply.
“sham process”
“fearful, traumatized youngsters”
“government-funded lawyer”
“represent immigrant children”
“under current immigration laws”
“hurtling children back”
Words or phrases from the passage that have strong connotations that support the author’s purpose are:
“Sham process”
“Fearful, traumatized youngsters”
“Hurtling children back”
<h3 /><h3>What are words with strong connotations?</h3>
Words with strong connotations are those that have a very strong meaning. They are often viewed as hard and can send a message in a very direct manner.
In this text, the author wants children who are affected by the immigration process to be represented. To send his message in a very strong manner, the author used strong ones such as the above to make his point clear.
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