NOTE: Before answering the following questions, read the info under “Background” and watch the videos under “Resources” below.

1. List the who, what, where and when of the news report.

2. What did DHS’s Ken Cuccinelli say about Communist China’s camps?

3. What is the purpose of the CBP’s Withhold Release Orders? - What do they allow CBP to do?

4. a) How does Mr. Cuccinelli explain issuing specific bans rather than a widespread ban on imports from China’s Xinjiang region?
b) What do you think of this explanation to address concerns?

5. CNN notes: “The US trade action is the latest in a series of steps by the Trump administration targeting Chinese authorities and businesses over allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang.” What other actions has President Trump and his administration taken over the Chinese Communists’ human rights abuses against the Muslim minority Uyghers? (see para. 11-15)

CHALLENGE: Watch Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s July 23 speech “Communist China and the Free World’s Future.”
How important is it for the government to take the threat seriously and act accordingly? Explain your answer.