Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched

refuse of your teeming shores, send these the homeless, tempest tossed to me, I lift my lamp

beside the golden door.

America does not still feel this way, particularly when it comes to people on the right

of our political spectrum, excuse me, but not always.

I mean, by the way, whether it's conservative or liberals, domestic and international politics

can be vastly different.

In any case, I'm not sure what has changed.

Most people trying to enter the United States fit Lady

Liberty's criteria and inheeding her call are instead turned away when they arrive,

often called names, stereotypes, bigoted against, and left to the worst possible human conditions

by people who come from a long line of immigrants and also share their same religious values.

But is this just a statue?

Sure.

Gifted to us by some other country centuries ago.

I mean, besides, times change, right?

All right.

So you've rescinded the invitation.

But have you also given up on Jesus?

Your Messiah?

Who said, when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled,

the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed because they cannot repay you. Or how about this one?

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