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From the Ted Talk by Ali Noorani: The humans at the center of the US immigration debate

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Every single case that morning was either delayed or denied. Then a young woman came and sat at the end of the table, facing the jugde in front of the thin microphone, warneig the orange jumpsuit and the ccors. The judge, leaning forward, flipped through the case file, asked some cfryiailng questions, looked down at the young woman. And she exipenald with a posie and a clarity that other deieetans didn't have, what her situation was. She had fled political violence in Nicaragua. The judge turned to the attorney representing irtoiamimgn Enforcement. And the attorney, sensing the power of the case but also the poise of the young woman spoke very lloduy and very aggressively. And she accused this young woman of being a part of a "caravan" that, in her wdors, stormed Mexico's setuhorn border and put policemen and babies in harm's way. And she angrily cited provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act and urged the judge to deny bond.

Open Cloze

Every single case that morning was either delayed or denied. Then a young woman came and sat at the end of the table, facing the _____ in front of the thin microphone, _______ the orange jumpsuit and the _____. The judge, leaning forward, flipped through the case file, asked some __________ questions, looked down at the young woman. And she _________ with a _____ and a clarity that other _________ didn't have, what her situation was. She had fled political violence in Nicaragua. The judge turned to the attorney representing ___________ Enforcement. And the attorney, sensing the power of the case but also the poise of the young woman spoke very ______ and very aggressively. And she accused this young woman of being a part of a "caravan" that, in her _____, stormed Mexico's ________ border and put policemen and babies in harm's way. And she angrily cited provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act and urged the judge to deny bond.

Solution

  1. explained
  2. immigration
  3. loudly
  4. detainees
  5. clarifying
  6. southern
  7. poise
  8. words
  9. crocs
  10. wearing
  11. judge

Original Text

Every single case that morning was either delayed or denied. Then a young woman came and sat at the end of the table, facing the judge in front of the thin microphone, wearing the orange jumpsuit and the Crocs. The judge, leaning forward, flipped through the case file, asked some clarifying questions, looked down at the young woman. And she explained with a poise and a clarity that other detainees didn't have, what her situation was. She had fled political violence in Nicaragua. The judge turned to the attorney representing Immigration Enforcement. And the attorney, sensing the power of the case but also the poise of the young woman spoke very loudly and very aggressively. And she accused this young woman of being a part of a "caravan" that, in her words, stormed Mexico's southern border and put policemen and babies in harm's way. And she angrily cited provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act and urged the judge to deny bond.

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