The immigrants are viewed as people who should be pitied and allowed in as they are mostly Jewish refugees, fleeing persecution, according to <em>Emma Lazarus' </em><em>The Colossus.</em>
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Emma Lazarus was of the opinion that immigrants can be Americans as she used the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of a welcoming mother to all immigrants. She also felt that all immigrants were equal and one was not superior to the other.
Thomas Bailey in his poem, <em>The Unguarded Gates</em>, is critical of immigrants coming to America. From the tone of the poem, he is a white supremacist and also an advocate of nationalism which also shows that he thought some immigrants were less equal than others.
<em>The Babel Proclamation </em>by the Iowa Governor William Harding showed the controversial declaration that only English should be spoken in public places and also he had strong anti-German sentiments in the wake of World War I and he was anti-immigration and thought some immigrants were less equal than others.
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