A flag frames a view of the Statue of Liberty in New York on Dec. 9, 2010.

Emblazoned on the Statue of Liberty is a poem by Emma Lazarus:

Give me your tired, your poor,

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Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

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Because of the above non-exclusionary, decent, humane and generous offer inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, our freedom-loving land has not only invited the world's oppressed to enjoy America's blessings of liberty. We have opened America's door to........

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