English professor Esther Schor, biographer of Emma Lazarus, contributed an op-ed article to CNN in response to senior presidential adviser, Stephen Miller's dismissal of Lazurus's poem, "The New Colossus", as a symbol of American liberty "enlightening the world."

Schor states, "Thanks to Emma Lazarus, the message of the Statue of Liberty, for the vast majority of Americans who understand it as a symbol of welcome to immigrants, is not "America First," but "America, at last."

Click here to read the article on CNN.