Editorial: Trump’s racist and cruel refugee quotas reject America’s spirit


Maybe the French should ask for the Statue of Liberty back – before Trump demolishes that too, say the writers. — AFP via Getty Images/TNS

IN 1883, Emma Lazarus, a young Jewish woman who cared for detained immigrants in New York, wrote a poem she titled The New Colossus to raise money for the pedestal to support the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France.

To many Americans, the last few lines are the most meaningful and familiar:

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