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Deportation of illegal aliens
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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe freeÂ…send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me." This line from "The New Colossus", a poem by the nineteenth-century American poet Emma Lazarus, is found on a plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty. This engraving greets everyone that comes on to New York Harbor and is a virtual symbol for what this country was built on, and what it represents. According to the Department of Homeland Security, illegal aliens is "a comprehensive term intended to include those foreign-born individuals who enter, reside, or work in the United States without complying with U.S. immigration law"(1). But are we really looking forward to welcoming twelve to fourteen million people, who are fleeing their home countries (Mexico, Cuba, Canada, China and many more) to find better opportunities, to escape harsh government regimes and to seek a better life? Are we willing to accept......

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