Is prowess related to pride?

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 immigrant children from honduras?

The conventions of a number of the states, having at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: and as extending the ground of public confidence in the government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution. what is meant by the phrase "further declaratory and restrictive clauses"?

How do the authors differ in the way they present the war in "facing it" and "ambush"?