Statue of Liberty poem comment prompts criticism, misleading coverage

Ken Cuccinelli, head of Citizenship and Immigration Services, made an addition to a line of the Statue of Liberty's poem in a recent interview. He faced significant criticism as a result of the comment, which came after the Department of Homeland Security updated the existing public charge rule to withhold permanent status from migrants who rely on government aid. Several left-leaning media sources have published misleading headlines on the story, framing the comment as a formal change to the poem rather than a verbalization. Most right-leaning coverage of the story focused on the fact that the public charge rule has been around since 1882, and is not a Trump invention.