Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars." If many children don’t meet strict asylum criteria but face significant dangers if they return, the United States should consider allowing them to stay using humanitarian parole procedures we have employed in the past, for Cambodians and Haitians. It may be possible to transfer children and resettle them in other safe countries willing to share the burden.

What is the author’s purpose in this excerpt?

to express an opinion about US asylum policies
to prompt feelings of sympathy in the reader
to suggest a suspenseful atmosphere about the asylum process
to provide facts and details about Cambodian and Haitian children

to express an opinion about US asylum policies.

Explanation:

The author of the writing that this excerpt is based on is sharing their opinion on what they feel the U.S. should do when it comes to little children asking for asylum.

The author believes that they should be saved especially if they face danger if they are sent back home. The speaker then gives their suggestion in relation to this which shows that the purpose of the text was to express an opinion.

It's A on Edge

Explanation: I got it right.

c) by giving an example of how mary beth tinker did, in fact, disrupt her mathematics class

explanation:

petitioner john f. tinker, 15 years of age, and solicitor christopher eckhardt, 16 years of age, went to secondary schools in des moines, iowa.

c? not a 100% sure

explanation: