August 15, 2019

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August 15, 2019 T: 582-7800 | F: 582-7044 www.arubatoday.com

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AP Analysis: Moving to make immigration whiter, wealthier

By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is on a course to remake the face of immigration in America in ways that would turn it whiter and wealthier. It is a dramatic editing of the American catechism welcoming "your tired, your poor, your huddled masses , yearning to breathe free," inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, to "your tired and your poor who can stand on their on their own two feet and will not become a public charge." The administration official who offered that rewrite, Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, affirmed on Wednesday that his words were intentional, including his added notion that the poem was written for Europeans. Continued on Page 4

In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, children of mainly Latino immigrant parents hold signs in support of them and those individuals picked up during an immigration raid at a food processing plant, during a protest march to the Madison County Courthouse in Canton, Miss. Associated Press


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