To ensure this isn’t a sham process, asylum officers and judges must be trained in child-sensitive interviewing techniques to 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”

Sham process

Fearful, traumatized youngsters

Hurtling children back

Explanation:

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.

dickinson punctuation and lines in her poems to establish a rhythm. each reader will naturally find themselves reading the poem in the same way. she uses the repeating question marks and exclamation points to convey the passion in her words. shelley uses punctuation to paint a picture in the reader's mind. for example, the ellipses after "stand in the dessert" evoke a silence, as it would feel in a deserted, old place.