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Land of the free, home of the brave

A migrant boy peers out from his tent, covered in plastic to keep out the rain, at a makeshift camp at the northern Greek border in March

A PAIR OF RUNAWAY SLAVES fleeing the antebellum South, arriving in Boston. A family of Jews fleeing the Third Reich, arriving in New York. A baby boy fleeing the destruction of his home world of Krypton, arriving in Kansas. Most Americans know what must be done with such people. They must be taken in.

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