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Trump’s dead set on halt to immigration

Marine One, with President Donald Trump on board, flies past the Statue of Liberty, as it heads to the Liberty Park landing zone in Jersey City, N.J., Sunday. Trump is determined to undermine all Lady Liberty stands for, writes Philip Traynor of Fresno
Marine One, with President Donald Trump on board, flies past the Statue of Liberty, as it heads to the Liberty Park landing zone in Jersey City, N.J., Sunday. Trump is determined to undermine all Lady Liberty stands for, writes Philip Traynor of Fresno Associated Press

Are we not a nation of immigrants?

About six hundred years ago, immigrants started to flow onto this part of the continent in search of better lives. Today they are our forefathers. Together we stand with them before the Statue of Liberty crying “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

Now Donald Trump is determined to stop that flow and silence that voice by deporting those who yearn to breathe free ... banned Muslims and Latinos, build walls and close doors.

Is this how we make america great again?

Philip Traynor, Fresno

This story was originally published October 5, 2017 at 2:40 PM with the headline "Trump’s dead set on halt to immigration."

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