Letter to the editor

“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!”—The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island
 
As I look back at the history of this country, I believe that if those in power today were in power when this country was founded, very few of us would be here today because we are all descendants of immigrants. It’s a shame that there are those who have forgotten that.