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 pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.