Biographer: Statue poem embraces migrants from ‘all places’

A biographer of the poet who wrote the words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty challenged a Trump administration official who says the famous poem welcomed only people from Europe.
The comment came from Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Biographer Esther Schor says Emma Lazarus’ words were her way of urging Americans to embrace the poor and destitute “of all places and origins.” Lazarus wrote poem in 1883, a year after Congress passe