Trump official revises Statue of Liberty poem to defend migrant rule change

[CoopersDad]

I know this isn't current news, but it's shocking nonetheless.

I was curious to know if the Felon had plans to revise our Statue of Liberty in any fashion.

Sure enough, in 2019:

A top US immigration official has revised a quote inscribed on the Statue of Liberty in defence of a new policy that denies food aid to legal migrants.

The head of Citizenship and Immigration Services tweaked the passage: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free".

The official added the words "who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49323324

[Biophilic]

1. And yet those seem to be the very people ICE is picking up and deporting.

It’s not the criminals and gang members. It’s the builders and fruit pickers. It’s the nursing aides and kitchen staff. It’s the roofers and gardeners. Those people who are/were standing on their own feet and supporting their community. Damn, there is absolutely nothing right about this.

[Lovie777]

2. These sickos are pure evil....

wearing a cross and draped with an American flag.

[Paladin]

3. Thus exhibiting his trump-level expertise with the English language.

Stupid bastard would probably take that as a complement.

[2naSalit]

4. ...

[FirstLight]

5. whoa... that's really blatant! yikes...

As if the US couldn't become any more of a joke or pariah to the rest of the world... Are we great yet?

[lame54]

6. What an artist

[Ping Tung]

7. He should be informed that there are white citizens that can't stand on their own two feet and are"public charges".

And, some undoubtedly have ancestors who were here before the republic was formed.

He's the kind of guy who thinks "hardship" is running out of caviar before the cocktail party ends.

[usonian]

8. The lady will get even with him.