What two claims does the author of "Strong borders build strong nations" make to support their overall argument that border walls strengthen individual nations?

Choose 2 answers:

High numbers of immigrants can help the economies of struggling nations.

Individual nations should welcome people in need.

High numbers of immigrants can be a burden on the economy.

Border walls protect vulnerable immigrants.

Border walls protect against terrorism.

High numbers of immigrants can be a burden on the economy.

Border walls protect against terrorism.

Explanation:

The author of "Strong borders build strong nations" is in favor of walls at national borders, because he believes that this would prevent the entry of immigrants and the decrease in the number of immigrants would make the country stronger. The author tries to provoke fear and disgust at the presence of immigrants in a country and for this reason he states that the use of walls at the borders would prevent immigrants from overloading a country's economy, in addition to preventing terrorist attacks, which in the author's opinion , are provoked by immigrants, generally.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

the best asnwer is b "les encantan los juguetes nuevos" because you are talking about them