"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” From The New Colossus, by Emma Lazarus, in 1883, commemorating the Statue of Liberty.  

On Wednesday our own Maxine Bromfield became a citizen of the United States, having been born in England. Jonathan and Jake River were beaming, and tears flowed as a warm welcome and stern description of her new rights and responsibilities were addressed by President Barack Obama via video.