Lately in the US, there has been non-stop talk about what to do about the fifty thousand child illegal immigrants that have come into the country from Central America, and the "crisis" they represent. Republicans say they should be sent home, democrats say that we should let them stay. Most of them come from war-torn counries, so some are pushing for them to have refugee status. I have but one thing to say.
"Not like the brazen giant of greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning and her name
Mother of Exiles. And her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
'Keep, aincient lands, your storied pomp!' cries she
With silent lips, '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!'"
Now, if only I could remember where that was from....
Posted this in the wrong sub-forum. Could a mod move it?