Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to be free...
By
Mark J
on July 01, 2007
Yes, it's a quote. So?
It would appear that this enshrined American identity statement is now up for debate. Let's see how the vote goes.
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... so tag it "quote" and ideally attribute it.
Tagged. The attribution is tagged too: it's on the Statue of Liberty.
Apparently it's Emma lazarus.
This hasn't described American immigration policy since the 1920s. Or the 1870s, when we started forbidding immigration based on race.