When you announced this rule you were asked whether it was consistent with the poem under the Statue of Liberty, which reads, quote, 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.'
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “When you announced this rule you were asked whether it was consistent with the poem under the Statue of Liberty, which…”
On the recordOctober 29, 2019
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Wasserman Schultz questions the alignment of a new rule with the Statue of Liberty's message.
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