There was a lot of brewhaha yesterday over the presser with tRump senior policy adviser Stephen Miller. As can be seen in
this video, he had some rather interesting things to say about immigration and the Statue of Liberty:
CNN’s Jim Acosta sparred with White House adviser Stephen Miller in a seriously heated back-and-forth over immigration.
Acosta told Miller, “What you’re proposing or what the President’s proposing here does not sound like it’s in keeping with American tradition when it comes to immigration.â€
He quoted the words on the Statue of Liberty “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses†and asked Miller if he’s “trying to change what it means to be an immigrant coming into this country.â€
Miller pushed back by saying the words were “added later†and things got even more heated from there.
Miller is certainly playing fast and loose with the facts there. The poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazrarus was donated by her to the cause in 1883,
prior to the statue's dedication in 1886. It's true it wasn't actually inscribed and added until 1892 - a mere 6 years later - but it's been part of the statue's
raison d'être since the beginning. Right from the start, the statue represented the welcoming of immigrants to America to Ellis Island, which also began ramping up its processing in - wait for it - 1892.
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