We are a nation built by immigrants. Illegal, legal, enslaved - all have played a part. Now, apparently, we are supposed to fear devious foreigners who want a better life for their families.

Visit the Statue of Liberty. This is what is written on the base:

"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!"