The Trump Team rewrites the Statue of Liberty

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Posted on AllSides August 14, 2019

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Trump’s Acting Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ken Cuccinelli, attempts to rewrite the meaning of the Emma Lazarus poem on the Statue of Liberty, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” into something less welcoming. Lawrence O’Donnell explains.

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