No Golden Door in Farmer’s Branch, Texas.
On Monday, the Farmer’s Branch City Council held an open meeting regarding the proposed ban on renting housing to illegal immigrants. Council member Ben Robinson is quoted as saying: “Being poor is not an entitlement to come to America.”
When I read his quote, I thought of the plaque at the base of the Statute of Liberty. I realize the words are not law, and do not create an entitlement, but they do serve to remind us of one of the core values of our country:
“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-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
