Anti-Trump protesters spread a powerful message on the Statue of Liberty
A sign unfurled on the Statue of Liberty added to its message about America taking in the "tired" and "poor" and those "yearning to breathe free.” Its words? “Refugees Welcome.”
A small group of activists claimed responsibility for the message and posted about it on the Twitter account Alt Lady Liberty.
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Another tweet had a message for the president, who announced new immigration policies Tuesday after his initial executive order to ban refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries was suspended by the court system.
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The small group said in a statement that they "felt like we needed to say something about the America we believe in."
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A few hours later, the banner was taken down, but not before the #RefugeesWelcome hashtag had spread across the internet, along with support for what many saw as a line to add to "New Colossus," Emma Lazarus' poem found on a plaque inside the monument.
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The huddled masses know how to send a message of acceptance.
Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.
