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T-rump's Director of Immigration wants to change the motto on Statue of Liberty

posted 5 years ago by [deleted]
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WOW! T-rump's Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ken Cuccinelli, suggested we change the motton on Lady Liberty, which has been welcoming immigrants since 1903.

During an interview on NPR, Cuccinelli was asked about his boss' new policy change for immigrants that use public benefits ... and how that reflects the Statue of Liberty plaque of taking in anyone and everyone.

Responded Cuccinelli, that slogan should be updated to read, "Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet, and who will not become a public charge."

Yes, this is what an administrator - the best of the best - in the T-rump's administration said on NPR this morning.

[–] krl97a (5619) 5 years ago

You understand that he's not literally recommending that the statue engraving (which Americans never voted on and is just a piece of art) be changed, don't you?

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

You understand this is what has been greeting immigrants for over 100 years, and this is what he wants changed on the statue, don't you?

"'Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!' cries she With silent lips. '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-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!'"

[–] jimmyjuliano (223) 5 years ago

you need to stop being so emotional doogie, really, more "i think..." and less "i feel..." honestly.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

"'Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!' cries she With silent lips. '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-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!'"

[–] krl97a (5619) 5 years ago

So you do believe he's literally suggesting the statue be physically altered, lol? That's funny. Personally I'd never do that, though I might erect a statue nearby citing stats on stagnant wages and listing the American victims of illegal alien crime. Maybe even a plaque explaining to tourists how a nation's immigration needs differ at different times in its history due to all sorts of variables. Maybe boring and less emotional than the old statue (not that anyone actually reads that poem as their ship passes), but more important to Americans' lives.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I'm going by his direct quote in an interview he gave on NPR this morning. He said the slogan needed to be updated to read: "Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet, and who will not become a public charge."

How do you propose that 'the needed' update he proposes is implemented on Lady Liberty so that it 'reads' differently from what's been there since 1903?

Do tell...

[–] krl97a (5619) 5 years ago

I'm not sure I can duplicate in a post or two what a 12 year education should have accomplished, but I can point out that in your own op the reporter brought up the statue plaque, not Cuccinelli, I can say he was obviously just correcting the "ethos" (as the reporter put it) while drawing on historical US precedents and not proposing physical alterations to a statue he hadn't brought up, and I can copy paste an actual quote:

"Well I'm certainly not prepared to take anything down off the Statue of Liberty," he replied. "We have a long history of being one of the most welcoming nations in the world, on a lot of bases. Whether you be an asylee, whether you be coming here to join your family, or emigrating yourself ... I do not think, by any means, we're ready to take anything off the Statue of Liberty."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/ken-cuccinelli-is-asked-if-lady-libertys-plaque-should-come-down-amid-immigration-changes

There's actually a long history of "public charge" rules going back to around the time the Statue of Liberty was erected, though this will be a clarified and updated enforcement. It's worth noting that when the plaque was written the US didn't have the welfare programs involved with this rule, and immigrants weren't the public burden many are now.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

So how does he plan on updating the message of the Statue of Liberty, as he proposed?

The person who posed the question is irrelevant - Cuccinelli's answer of updating the message is what's important.

[–] krl97a (5619) 5 years ago

You've got commitment, I'll give you that.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Just asking the question on his proposal. Why are you having trouble answering a simple question?

[–] krl97a (5619) 5 years ago

I'm not sure what more I can do than quote him rejecting the premise of your question and link to the video of him rejecting the premise of your question, especially when you haven't even provided a full quote.