“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” This powerful line from Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus” is inscribed on a plaque on the Statue of Liberty’s ...

On July 4th weekend, I am reminded of the privilege I had upon returning from a summer in Germany as a high school exchange student. As we steamed into New York at dawn, the “Mother of Exiles” emerged ...