With aching backs and bleeding feet they trudge onward toward the powerful and unquenchable light of liberty and opportunity that shined upon all men and women, stung by the lash of cruelty and poverty in lands far, far distant.

The promise of America echoes still and spurs them forward toward the upraised lamp of a dignified future. They hear the song-the invitation-that our forefathers sang, beckoning ALL mankind across the ages.

They are not aliens. They have been summoned here. They are OUR kind of people. Strong. perseverant. Able to endure unspeakable hardship to claim the American dream, the dream the occupant of the oval office can not withdraw, or deny.

The American promise is bigger than one man.