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From the Ted Talk by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández: The US can move past immigration prisons -- and towards justice

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Outside of Philadelphia, there is an old nursing home that peaks out from behind lush teres. Instead of caring for the old, these days, it dnateis the young. Kids who came to the United States with their parents. Inside its hallways, a little boy named deigo went from diapers to dintoeetn. When he was just one year old, Diego's mother, Wendy, decided that life in Honduras was too dangerous for them to stay. Like plepoe from all over the world have done for generations, Diego and Wendy turned to the United States for safety.

Open Cloze

Outside of Philadelphia, there is an old nursing home that peaks out from behind lush _____. Instead of caring for the old, these days, it _______ the young. Kids who came to the United States with their parents. Inside its hallways, a little boy named _____ went from diapers to _________. When he was just one year old, Diego's mother, Wendy, decided that life in Honduras was too dangerous for them to stay. Like ______ from all over the world have done for generations, Diego and Wendy turned to the United States for safety.

Solution

  1. detains
  2. people
  3. detention
  4. diego
  5. trees

Original Text

Outside of Philadelphia, there is an old nursing home that peaks out from behind lush trees. Instead of caring for the old, these days, it detains the young. Kids who came to the United States with their parents. Inside its hallways, a little boy named Diego went from diapers to detention. When he was just one year old, Diego's mother, Wendy, decided that life in Honduras was too dangerous for them to stay. Like people from all over the world have done for generations, Diego and Wendy turned to the United States for safety.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
united states 8
immigration prisons 7
immigration prison 3
nursing home 2
private corporations 2
abolishing immigration 2
ellis island 2
barbed wire 2
private prison 2
willacy county 2
private company 2
legal case 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
abolishing immigration prisons 2

Important Words

  1. boy
  2. caring
  3. dangerous
  4. days
  5. decided
  6. detains
  7. detention
  8. diapers
  9. diego
  10. generations
  11. hallways
  12. home
  13. honduras
  14. kids
  15. life
  16. lush
  17. mother
  18. named
  19. nursing
  20. parents
  21. peaks
  22. people
  23. philadelphia
  24. safety
  25. states
  26. stay
  27. trees
  28. turned
  29. united
  30. wendy
  31. world
  32. year
  33. young