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From the Ted Talk by Paul A. Kramer: Our immigration conversation is broken -- here's how to have a better one

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Our flyers were sincere, they were well-meaning, they were factually acurtace ... But I realize now, they were also kind of a problem. Here's what they said: "Don't take away immigrant rights to public eotiadcun, to medical services, to the social safety net. They work hard. They pay taxes. They're law-abiding. They use soacil services less than Americans do. They're eager to learn English, and their children serve in the US military all over the world." Now, these are, of course, arguments that we hear every day. Immigrants and their advocates use them as they confront those who would deny immigrants their rthigs or even exlucde them from stcoiey. And up to a certain point, it makes perfect sense that these would be the kinds of claims that immigrants' dereedfns would turn to.

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Our flyers were sincere, they were well-meaning, they were factually ________ ... But I realize now, they were also kind of a problem. Here's what they said: "Don't take away immigrant rights to public _________, to medical services, to the social safety net. They work hard. They pay taxes. They're law-abiding. They use ______ services less than Americans do. They're eager to learn English, and their children serve in the US military all over the world." Now, these are, of course, arguments that we hear every day. Immigrants and their advocates use them as they confront those who would deny immigrants their ______ or even _______ them from _______. And up to a certain point, it makes perfect sense that these would be the kinds of claims that immigrants' _________ would turn to.

Solution


  1. exclude
  2. society
  3. accurate
  4. rights
  5. education
  6. defenders
  7. social

Original Text


Our flyers were sincere, they were well-meaning, they were factually accurate ... But I realize now, they were also kind of a problem. Here's what they said: "Don't take away immigrant rights to public education, to medical services, to the social safety net. They work hard. They pay taxes. They're law-abiding. They use social services less than Americans do. They're eager to learn English, and their children serve in the US military all over the world." Now, these are, of course, arguments that we hear every day. Immigrants and their advocates use them as they confront those who would deny immigrants their rights or even exclude them from society. And up to a certain point, it makes perfect sense that these would be the kinds of claims that immigrants' defenders would turn to.

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