Introduction

"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!"

Taken from, The New Colossus, a poem by Emma Lazarus, is engraved
on a tablet within the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.

This poem, in its entirety, represents the blending of many cultures and ethnicities that have come to define American culture.

For many years, American borders were open to all who were in search of living the American Dream.

But times have changed...