Dear Representative Stauber,
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
- Emma Lazarus, 1883
- on the plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty -
Source: Emma Lazarus. "The New Colossus." Statue of Liberty National Monument, National Park Service, 25 March 2025, https://www.nps.gov/stli/learn/historyculture/colossus.htm.
Mailed December 9, 2025
