Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."
To ensure this isn't a sham process, asylum officers and judges must be trained in child-sensitive interviewing techniques to help 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 text repeats the word children. How does this repetition serve the author's purpose?.
O It emphasizes that it is easy for children to get
immigration status.
O It reminds readers that young, innocent lives are
being harmed by failed policies.
O It helps to convince readers that immigration laws
for children should be changed.
O It helps to convince readers that more lawyers are
needed to defend children.
Answer:
It reminds reader that young, innocent lives are being harmed by failed process
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars", it is stated that for the fight against drugs in kids not to be a sham, certain measures need to be put in place, such as training asylum officers and judges in asking sensitive questions to the kids and making sure the children are well represented.
Furthermore, a non-profit organisation, Kids in Need of Defense provides pro bono lawyers who represent the kids and help grant them asylum to enable them escape their terrible neighborhood.
Therefore, the repetition of the word "children" helps serve the author's purpose it reminds reader that young, innocent lives are being harmed by failed process.
