Last Tuesday, Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, made waves when he said in an interview with NPR that the Statue of Liberty stood for the poor, huddled masses who could stand on their own two feet.

The history of the Statue of Liberty, the poem that accompanies it, and its varied use as a symbol of American liberty throughout its existence.

This week, on Context, Please.

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