Question

Which statement best supports the author’s purpose in "Children of the Drug Wars,” which is to persuade readers that the United States should do more to help immigrant children from Honduras?

“Three years ago, about 6,800 children were detained by United States immigration authorities and placed in federal custody; this year, as many as 90,000 children are expected to be picked up.”
“These children are facing threats similar to the forceful conscription of child soldiers by warlords in Sudan or during the civil war in Bosnia. Being forced to sell drugs by narcos is no different from being forced into military service.”
“Judges, who currently deny seven in 10 applications for asylum by people who are in deportation proceedings, must better understand the conditions these children are facing.”
“By deporting them directly from the refugee centers, the United States would discourage future non-refugees by showing that immigrants cannot be caught and released, and then avoid deportation by ignoring court orders to attend immigration hearings.”

Answer 1

B

“These children are facing threats similar to the forceful conscription of child soldiers by warlords in Sudan or during the civil war in Bosnia. Being forced to sell drugs by narcos is no different from being forced into military service.”

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Answer 2

The author manages to persuade readers by showing that children are in danger, being forced to sell drugs.

In this case, we can say that the second answer option is the correct answer.

We can arrive at this answer because:

• "Children of the Drug War" is a book that brings together several different essays.
• These essays have a common goal, which is to show how children have been affected by drug trafficking in different countries.
• One such essay shows how immigrant children in Honduras are in great danger.
• This is because these children are forced, by traffickers, to sell drugs.
• This exposes children to a dangerous environment and prevents them from having a correct, protected and educated childhood.

The author of this essay shows how these children are going through a situation similar to that of child soldiers, forced to fight in violent wars.

The author aims to encourage sentimentalism in readers and show that the US must intervene in the name of the safety of these children.

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