The underlined words and phrases have strong negative connotations. How do they support the
author's purpose?
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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.
They draw attention to the opinion that the United
States is not doing enough to help these children.
O They show that there is a desperate need for all
countries to be willing to help refugees.
O They show that the United States has participated in
international conventions on how to handle the
refugee crisis.
O 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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