Numerous Americans today can trace their heritage back to Europe, Africa, Asia

- legally
- illegally Kids
- Refugees

Do you know what the statue of liberty stands for, why it was created? (http://www.nps.gov/stli/prod02.htm)

- the French
- international friendship

Pedestal Inscription
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses
yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your
teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed,
to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
— Emma Lazarus, 1883, written to help raise funds for construction of the pedestal.

Other immigrants

The southern neighbor of the United States, Mexico is the single largest source of illegal immigrants. Of the more than 8 million illegal aliens residing in the United States in 2004, about 5.3 million-well over half-came from Mexico. Undocumented Mexican workers in the United States are an important part of the Mexican national economy. They......

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