{"id":39482,"date":"2017-01-30T10:52:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T17:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=39482"},"modified":"2017-01-30T10:52:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T17:52:49","slug":"give-neither-tired-poor-huddled-masses-yearning-breathe-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/01\/give-neither-tired-poor-huddled-masses-yearning-breathe-free.html","title":{"rendered":"Give me neither your tired, your poor, nor your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"The Terminal\" promotional poster<\/a>
This 2004 film, with Tom Hanks, is suddenly very acutely relevant, and I plan to watch it again soon.
(Image from Wikimedia Commons, under \u201cfair use\u201d provisions)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Emma Lazarus\u2019s\u00a0famous sonnet\u00a0\u201cThe New Colossus\u201d is engraved at the base of the Statue of Liberty and reads as follows:<\/p>\n

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Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,<\/div>\n
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;<\/div>\n
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand<\/div>\n
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame<\/div>\n
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name<\/div>\n
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand<\/div>\n
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command<\/div>\n
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.<\/div>\n
\u201cKeep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!\u201d cries she<\/div>\n
With silent lips. \u201cGive me your tired, your poor,<\/div>\n
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,<\/div>\n
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.<\/div>\n
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,<\/div>\n
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!\u201d<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s not scripture, of course, and it\u2019s not law. \u00a0Nevertheless, Ms. Lazarus\u2019s poem has formed an important part of American self-understanding for well over a century. \u00a0I was struck, therefore, when one of the readers of this blog, a Trump supporter, posted a comment mocking and deriding Ms. Lazarus and her words.<\/p>\n

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In another comment, that reader\u00a0justifies Mr. Trump\u2019s decree against immigration by pointing out that some of the \u201crefugees\u201d who\u2019re targeted by the ban are planning violence against us.<\/p>\n

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And, of course, that\u2019s possible. \u00a0We can never be absolutely sure that nobody harbors such intentions \u2014 though unlikely, it\u2019s logical conceivable that you\u2019re planning a mass murder for this evening \u2014 and his argument can\u2019t be tested right now for the simple reason that the future hasn\u2019t happened yet. \u00a0Moreover, I agree with the need for public safety and for prudence.<\/p>\n

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But here\u2019s an extremely interesting bit of background information on the danger that people from those countries have represented in the past:<\/p>\n

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\u201cFareed Zakaria\u00a0(CNN) uses statistics to show those banned pose no threat to the USA\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dr. Zakaria\u2019s remarks are based upon this article, published by\u00a0the libertarian\/conservative think tank in Washington DC called the Cato Institute:<\/p>\n

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\u201cTerrorism and Immigration: A Risk Analysis\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Other interesting and relevant pieces at Cato include the following:<\/p>\n

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\u201cFive Reasons Congress Should Repeal Trump\u2019s Immigrant & Refugee Ban\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cLittle National Security Benefit to Trump\u2019s Executive Order on Immigration\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cTrump\u2019s Immigration Ban Is Illegal\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cRefugees, Immigrants, and National Security\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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In the meantime, ABC reports that<\/p>\n

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\u201cUS Diplomats Consider Filing Dissent Over Immigration Ban\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And, in what may genuinely be mere coincidence:<\/p>\n

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\u201cTexas mosque goes up in flames hours after White House announces Muslim ban\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m still formulating my own personal response to Mr. Trump\u2019s edict. \u00a0It will be more nuanced than the various protests at airports. \u00a0I\u2019m trying to weigh it and understand it.<\/p>\n

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