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Article #987STATUE OF IMMIGRATION
From: Jack Schmidling
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 02:45
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 02:45
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STATUE OF IMMIGRATION
The Statue of Liberty was given to Americans by the French
government in 1886 as a token of friendship between the two
countries. The statue was to symbolize America's hard won
freedom and liberty.
However, as a result of a propaganda campaign by immigrant
lobbyists, most Americans have come to think that the statue
represents some sort of inalienable committment to an "open
door", immigration policy.
The truth is that in 1926, Emma Lazarus successfully lobbied
to get her now famous lines added to the statue. The result
is that everytime the idea of limiting immigration is
brought up, these lines are quoted and the subject dropped
as just plain un-American.
Most of us know the first few lines of her poem but when we
hear them all, they take on a rather different complexion,
particularly in light of the present over-populated and
under-skilled society in America today.
"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-tossed to me."
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We have enough of our own wretched refuse; we don't need
anymore. It's time to take down the help wanted sign.
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Newsgroups: misc.headlines,talk.politics.misc,alt.conspiracy Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!ddsw1!arf From: arf@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Jack Schmidling) Subject: STATUE OF IMMIGRATION Sender: arf@ddsw1.mcs.com (Jack Schmidling) Message-ID: <C0IKz3.3G9@ddsw1.mcs.com> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 02:45:02 GMT Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Chicago, IL Lines: 53