natedawgnow said:

qman said:

natedawgnow said:

“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!

Sounds to me like they wanted refugees and poor people to come be citizens .

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No, the US wanted cheap labor from selected European nations when there was a shortage of labor. 

We never wanted poor people or refugees from all over the world.  After 1965,  everything changed for the worse.

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sounds like a lot of speculation since that isnt written anywhere in our immigration
policy or constitution regarding immigrants

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TinyBee said:

natedawgnow said:

“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!

Sounds to me like they wanted refugees and poor people to come be citizens

and no it cant easily be changed.

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I don't think we should base our immigration polices on a poem.

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The poem is based on our immigration policy. DUH

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He said we shouldnt base our immigration policy on a poem.

I was simply pointing out that its the other way around and the plaque is based
on how we view immigrants

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US immigration polices have been very discriminatory in the past based on country of origin.  It had NOTHING to do with people being poor or refugees.

qman said:

natedawgnow said:

qman said:

Enlil said:

What makes you think that is an abuse of the policy?

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It makes US citizenship meaningless.  Why doesn't every mother fly over to the US a week before the birth of their child to give them US citizenship?

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how is it meaningless if it's exactly what the founding fathers meant it to be?

Have you ever read the plaque on the statue of liberty?

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No, the Founding Fathers never meant for this type of abuse.  Either way, we can change it, no issue at all. 

"statue of liberty"

What does that have to do with anything?  NOTHING.

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natedawgnow said:

qman said:

Enlil said:

What makes you think that is an abuse of the policy?

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It makes US citizenship meaningless.  Why doesn't every mother fly over to the US a week before the birth of their child to give them US citizenship?

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how is it meaningless if it's exactly what the founding fathers meant it to be?

Have you ever read the plaque on the statue of liberty?

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