It says on the Statue of Liberty, “Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Maybe it should be changed to, “Give us your rich, your brightest, your upper class elite yearning to live trans-fat-free.” A bill that will reduce “chain immigration” is currently passing through the Senate, meaning no more immigrant-sponsored immigrants, just government selection according to a point system based on likelihood of speedy assimilation. This method will shift focus from reuniting families back to the United State’s ranking in the world economy. A late addition to the 380-page bill, the point system was added by the Bush administration after examining similar concepts in Canada and Australia. According to The New York Times, more than 72 percent of the city’s legal immigrants were admitted through family members who already had citizenship in 2005. Perhaps the next move will be to take a page from 5th century B.C. China and build a great big wall that stretches from…oh wait…we’re already doing that.