Engraved at the base of the Statue of Liberty reads a message of freedom and independence: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” In the storybook version of our history, we learned that the Pilgrims came to America in 1620 in search of religious freedom. We see a nation born on the foundations of freedom and acceptance, but the full story of the immigrant experience, both coming to the United States and while here, often takes a backseat to these fanciful narratives. So, as we come back to the poem etched onto our Lady...