Since then, the Statue of Liberty has evoked passionate feelings as a symbol of freedom and immigration -- and America's push and pull with it. Early symbolism The Statue of Liberty was the idea ...

The reimagining of the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of immigration accelerated. In 1956, Bedloe’s Island was renamed Liberty Island. On May 11, 1965, Lyndon Johnson signed a proclamation making ...

Immigration policy itself is something of an ... In the modern age, the people get to choose their own symbols, and they aren’t in a mood to compromise.

As the first pope from the United States and a dual citizen of America and Peru, Pope Leo XIV — a native of the Windy City — is emerging as a symbol of hope for those seeking a more compassionate ...

But it’s not a symbol that solves a problem,” Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum told the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. Disagreements ...

When he was created, Paddington wasn't supposed to be such an important symbol of the value of immigration or more expansive ideas of nationality. But accidentally at first — and then with more ...

NBC News' Julia Ainsley traveled to a remote section of the border wall, which has become a symbol of the immigration issue.Sept. 26, 2024 ...

The reimagining of the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of immigration accelerated. In 1956, Bedloe’s Island was renamed Liberty Island. On May 11, 1965, Lyndon Johnson signed a proclamation making ...