The poem "give me your poor, your tired your weak; Your huddled masses yearning to be free" this meaning was about the people, a new begaining for immigrants and there way of life in American. Over the last two hundred years this poem seem to be true, but in the now of 2012 it doesn't seem to be as simple as it use too. Now it more about words then action. We the people of United States don't look at immigrats the same as "human beings", we look at them as some type of lower life form. I bet if the people of the U.S could step in we would shut down the system. but that what i think, the meaning of this poem lost it power it meaning. But it okay, because people wants to believe that there some type of help or hope. that the way as us humans want to think. we really dont look at reality we try to look at the smaller picture other then looking that the bigger way of picture of life.