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Lawyers say they can’t find the parents of 545 migrant children separated
by Trump administration By Julia Ainsley and Jacob Soboroff
WASHINGTON — Lawyers appointed by a federal judge to identify migrant families who were separated 2 by the Trump administration say that they have yet to track down the parents of 545 children and that 3 about two-thirds of those parents were deported to Central America without their children, according to 4 a filing Tuesday from the American Civil Liberties Union. 5 The
Trump administration instituted a “zero tolerance” policy in 2018 that separated migrant children 6 and parents at the southern U.S. border. The administration later confirmed that it had actually begun 7 separating families in 2017 along some parts of the border under a pilot program. The ACLU and other 8 pro-bono law firms were tasked with finding the members of families separated during the pilot program. 9 Unlike the 2,800 families separated under zero tolerance in 2018, most of whom remained in custody 10 when the policy was ended by executive order, many of the more than 1,000 parents separated from 11 their children under the pilot program had already been deported before a federal judge in California 12 ordered that they be found.
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(Retrived from: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-say-they-can-t-find-parents-545-migrant-children-n1244066.)
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The socio-cultural implications of Covid-19
By Professor Fethi Mansouri
Worldwide, the Covid-19 response has been largely premised on physical distancing, though this has,
unfortunately, been discursively referred to in formal and informal discourse as social distancing. There
is a big difference between the two concepts, with physical distancing not necessarily precluding social
connectedness, whereas social distancing unavoidably presumes disconnectedness.
[5] But for physical distancing not to also engender social distancing and inter-personal disconnectedness,
certain societal conditions need to be met and made available indiscriminately. These include, first and
foremost, access to basic infrastructure such as shelter, internet and basic everyday living needs.
Sadly, across the world, and even within some developed societies, this has not always been the case.
Entrenched social inequalities and economic marginalization have resulted in large proportions of the world’s
[10] populations being deprived of the most basic of human needs, let alone the capacity to be physically distant
while at the same time socially connected and adequately supported to meet living needs.
The problem of social and economic inequalities are amplifying the challenge of managing the rapid spread
of Covid-19 globally, but what has also emerged is the systematic racism, particularly against people of
Asian background, in Western émigré societies. Indeed, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence of racist
[15] attacks in many countries. This is not altogether a new phenomenon; a significant existing body of evidence
shows that at times of crises – be they economic, environmental, security or health-related – minority groups
are often made scapegoats and are subjected to racist, exclusionary, often violent discourses and practices.
Covid-19 is already showing us a variety of patterns of racism aimed at Asian people ranging from cyber
bullying to physical attacks, racist trolling, and a variety of xenophobic conspiracy theories that have been
[20] articulated not only by ordinary citizens but also some politicians and world leaders. None of this serves the
intercultural dialogue agenda, with its emphasis on cross-cultural contact, mutual understanding, respectful
engagement and inter-communal solidarity.
(Retrived from: https://en.unesco.org/news/socio-cultural-implications-covid-19)
What is the best word to replace “precluding”, paragraph 1, line 3?
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The socio-cultural implications of Covid-19
By Professor Fethi Mansouri
Worldwide, the Covid-19 response has been largely premised on physical distancing, though this has,
unfortunately, been discursively referred to in formal and informal discourse as social distancing. There
is a big difference between the two concepts, with physical distancing not necessarily precluding social
connectedness, whereas social distancing unavoidably presumes disconnectedness.
[5] But for physical distancing not to also engender social distancing and inter-personal disconnectedness,
certain societal conditions need to be met and made available indiscriminately. These include, first and
foremost, access to basic infrastructure such as shelter, internet and basic everyday living needs.
Sadly, across the world, and even within some developed societies, this has not always been the case.
Entrenched social inequalities and economic marginalization have resulted in large proportions of the world’s
[10] populations being deprived of the most basic of human needs, let alone the capacity to be physically distant
while at the same time socially connected and adequately supported to meet living needs.
The problem of social and economic inequalities are amplifying the challenge of managing the rapid spread
of Covid-19 globally, but what has also emerged is the systematic racism, particularly against people of
Asian background, in Western émigré societies. Indeed, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence of racist
[15] attacks in many countries. This is not altogether a new phenomenon; a significant existing body of evidence
shows that at times of crises – be they economic, environmental, security or health-related – minority groups
are often made scapegoats and are subjected to racist, exclusionary, often violent discourses and practices.
Covid-19 is already showing us a variety of patterns of racism aimed at Asian people ranging from cyber
bullying to physical attacks, racist trolling, and a variety of xenophobic conspiracy theories that have been
[20] articulated not only by ordinary citizens but also some politicians and world leaders. None of this serves the
intercultural dialogue agenda, with its emphasis on cross-cultural contact, mutual understanding, respectful
engagement and inter-communal solidarity.
(Retrived from: https://en.unesco.org/news/socio-cultural-implications-covid-19)
Regarding the main ideas from text 1, consider the following statements.
I. The Covid-19 has weakened cases of prejudice and discrimination.
II. The concepts of physical distancing and social distancing are not synonyms.
III. Access to technology to communicate with one another is considered a basic need now.
IV. Despite the difficulty of promoting an intercultural dialogue agenda, it is one of the key elements to face Covid-19 globally
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The socio-cultural implications of Covid-19
By Professor Fethi Mansouri
Worldwide, the Covid-19 response has been largely premised on physical distancing, though this has,
unfortunately, been discursively referred to in formal and informal discourse as social distancing. There
is a big difference between the two concepts, with physical distancing not necessarily precluding social
connectedness, whereas social distancing unavoidably presumes disconnectedness.
[5] But for physical distancing not to also engender social distancing and inter-personal disconnectedness,
certain societal conditions need to be met and made available indiscriminately. These include, first and
foremost, access to basic infrastructure such as shelter, internet and basic everyday living needs.
Sadly, across the world, and even within some developed societies, this has not always been the case.
Entrenched social inequalities and economic marginalization have resulted in large proportions of the world’s
[10] populations being deprived of the most basic of human needs, let alone the capacity to be physically distant
while at the same time socially connected and adequately supported to meet living needs.
The problem of social and economic inequalities are amplifying the challenge of managing the rapid spread
of Covid-19 globally, but what has also emerged is the systematic racism, particularly against people of
Asian background, in Western émigré societies. Indeed, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence of racist
[15] attacks in many countries. This is not altogether a new phenomenon; a significant existing body of evidence
shows that at times of crises – be they economic, environmental, security or health-related – minority groups
are often made scapegoats and are subjected to racist, exclusionary, often violent discourses and practices.
Covid-19 is already showing us a variety of patterns of racism aimed at Asian people ranging from cyber
bullying to physical attacks, racist trolling, and a variety of xenophobic conspiracy theories that have been
[20] articulated not only by ordinary citizens but also some politicians and world leaders. None of this serves the
intercultural dialogue agenda, with its emphasis on cross-cultural contact, mutual understanding, respectful
engagement and inter-communal solidarity.
(Retrived from: https://en.unesco.org/news/socio-cultural-implications-covid-19)
The author employed the terms “social inequalities” and “economic marginalization” to state that the pandemic
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On text, the former US President is addressing to a young migrant boy and creates a controversy in his speech. What is the meaning conveyed?
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In multimodal texts, the meanings are created by the use of both written and visual language. Regarding the ideas created on text, consider the following statements.
I. The former US President says a declarative statement.
II. The young migrant boy is positioned as a passive character both by his visual representation and by his non-verbal statement.
III. By visual language, it is possible to infer the discursive effect of the former US President’s statement on the young migrant boy.
IV. The visual language contradicts the written one.
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