All Persons Born or Naturalized

 Dear Representative Stauber,

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

 

- Section 1 of the14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1868

(proposed by Representative John Bingham, Republican of Ohio)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote source: “Amdt14.S1.1.2 Citizenship Clause Doctrine.” Constitution Annotated, Congress.gov, https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt14-S1-1-2/ALDE_00000812/. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.

Image source: “Hon. John Armour Bingham of Ohio,” photograph. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/cwpbh.00525/. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.

Mailed December 29, 2025 

God Bless Us, Every One!

Dear Representative Stauber,

“God bless Us, Every One!”

- Tiny Tim 

      In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote source: Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol, Chapman and Hall, 1843. Project Gutenberg eBook, 4 March 2018, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19337.

Image source: “Tiny Tim.” One Dickensian, British Broadcasting Company, 2025, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/FMBtrmXgQbQYjhfpw10QvH/tiny-tim. 

Mailed December 22, 2025 

At This Christmas When Christ Comes

Dear Representative Stauber, 

"At this Christmas when Christ comes, will he find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving others with God’s own love and concern."

- Mother Teresa 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote Source: "St. Teresa of Kolkata - At This Christmas When Christ Comes..." Catholic Digest, https://www.catholicdigest.com/from-the-magazine/quiet-moment/st-teresa-of-kolkata-at-this-christmas-when-christ-comes/. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.  

 

Image Source: David, Sherly. "Mother Teresa - Sketch Painting." Tallenge Store, https://www.tallengestore.com/products/mother-teresa-sketch-painting. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.

 

Mailed December 15, 2025

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor

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