Are we missing something? I seem to remember that the Americans used to say “give us your poor and give us your downtrodden”. Did they see something that we don't see today? Did they see that as a vehicle to lift that nation out of poverty?
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Dave Van Kesteren Conservative Chatham-Kent—Essex, ON
Are we missing something? I seem to remember that the Americans used to say “give us your poor and give us your downtrodden”. Did they see something that we don't see today? Did they see that as a vehicle to lift that nation out of poverty?
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