Inside the Statue of Liberty is a plaque engraved with words from “The New Colossus,” an 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus:
“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,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
My homeless, tempest-tossed great-grandfather followed that beacon … and here I am, as your friend.
Like you all, I am born of immigrants and love my country. No need for ICE.
William G. Frederick, Ph.D.
Durango
