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Who Is Pope Francis Symbolize Immigration?

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Living New York City in a helicopter, Pope Francis asked the pilot to fly over Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, symbols of the United States history of immigration. Pope Francis is a son of immigrants, being born in Argentina from Italian parents. The Pope made the suffering of immigrants one of the crucial points of his papacy; thus he addressed the issue several times while in the US. Lately immigration has become an hot-button in US politics with the Trump’s suggestion to deport all illegal immigrants, and build a wall alongside the Mexican border. The Statue of Liberty, initially named “Liberty Enlightening the World”, was created to commemorate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence. However, the Statue of Liberty

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