Reminds me of ...
The New Colossus
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... "The New Colossus" is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus (1849 -- 1887). She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World).[2] In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level. ...
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Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"[12]
And I do note that the donation of the Statue of Liberty by France to the American people was approved by Congress, as the Constitution says such donations should be approved.
The one word not found in the lyrics is "illegal".
#1 | Posted by BellRinger
Probably because that wasn't even a concern for most of our nation's history (at the time that video was made). The vast majority of people in that audience were descendants of immigrants who went through almost no formal process, relatively speaking, for moving to this nation.
History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in the United StatesI find it truly perplexing, though, that you would think liberals disfavor immigration, legal or illegal, compared to other American political ideologies. Do you have any factual basis for that conclusion?
During the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, the United States had limited regulation of immigration and naturalization at a national level.
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