The promise that America has is hope for everyone. When immigrants would come to the New World, they had faith that America would give them jobs, freedom, and a better future for them and their family. The Statue of Liberty symbolizes the hope that America gives. The New Colossus a poem by Emma Lazarus explains why the Mother of Exiles was someone that people looked up to. "from her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome." It didn't matter where the immigrants came from, the statue and America welcomed them all. This poem also has a quote of what the Statue of Liberty says which is "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed
