America Never Wanted the Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses

The U.S. is a diverse nation of immigrants — but it was not intended to be, and its historical biases continue to haunt the present.

Illustration: Lucas Dörre

By Caitlin Dickerson

When David Dorado Romo was a boy growing up in El Paso, Texas, his great-aunt Adela told him about the day…