Emma Lazarus Statue Of Liberty Analysis

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Cole, I agree that people often forget who founded this great country and that this country believed in helping all immigrants. Written on a plaque, hung inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, you will find a sonnet, written by Emma Lazarus in 1883, here is an excerpt from that sonnet: "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearing to be free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden shore!" I am reminded of this and its meaning whenever I hear people talking about limiting the number of immigrants allowed into the country. I also agree that building a wall will not slow or even stop people from trying to get into the country. In the