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LEGAL immigration door always open in US

No, the poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty has not been forgotten, as a recent writer stated. Lady Liberty “lifts her lamp beside the golden door” — the legal door of entry into our country. Knock on it. We open that door with welcoming arms. I believe the present administration of the United States does in fact appreciate the poem’s meaning.

Janet Godfrey

Hilton Head Island

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