Given the lack of constructive response in the United States to the crisis of refugee children leaving, in large part, Honduras, to escape horrendous difficulties, including rape, murder, and impressment into cartel-run gang; and given the level of xenophobia and vitriol that is directed toward these children by far too many Americans, it seems hypocritical for us to continue to display Emma Lazarus's famous sonnet so prominently in our greatest symbol of freedom, the Statue of Liberty.
Therefore, we petition to have The National Park Service remove the memorial plaque from the base of the Statue of Liberty until such time as the US once again deserves it.
Retaining the plaque amounts to self-aggrandizing, hypocritical puffery given the current prevalent attitude in the US