“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!”

That appears on a placard The Statue of Liberty and is an excerpt from "The New Colossus."  The meaning is clear, but have times changed? 

Join me as I discuss the recent immigration controversy, particularly the separation of families blamed on Trump's policies, the public outcry which caused a change, and my thoughts about immigration.

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration/illegal-immigration-crime
Unlawful entry is a crime, misdemeanor.  Repeats can be a felony.

http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2017/mar/15/florida-conference-catholic-bishops/being-united-states-unlawfully-crime/
Unlawful presence is apparently not a crime, though people can be deported.

https://www.factcheck.org/2018/06/is-illegal-immigration-linked-to-more-or-less-crime/

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/22/622540331/fact-check-trump-illegal-immigration-and-crime

https://www.wikihow.com/Immigrate-Into-the-United-States-Permanently

https://www.usa.gov/enter-us

http://g92.org/find-answers/process/

https://www.us-immigration.com/blog/immigration-amnesty-and-how-to-apply/

https://www.politicalasylumusa.com/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/seeking-asylum-in-the-u-s-under-trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/06/19/the-facts-about-trumps-policy-of-separating-families-at-the-border/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0f2960d6e49b

https://www.vox.com/2018/6/30/17520820/families-together-detention-separate-camp-military