“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free…” So go the famous lines by Emma Lazarus inscribed on the pedestal of our great ‘lady of the harbor’ — the Statue of Liberty — encouraging people seeking refuge from tyranny or just a better life to come to America.And come they did, by the millions, from every corner of the globe and of every description, first often as laborers but also later as citizens in the fields of literature, education, science, economics, politics, entertainment and …