PROTECTION IS BEING REMOVED Nobody expected this would ever happen. We have had some presidents in the past that set up patterns to make this so easy; however, none of those before us would have thought of it this way, surely they would not have. We were that land of the free and the home of the brave. We are told of the stories of the boat loads of people coming to Ellis Island in search of a life of freedom for them and their families. This story has been told so many tangled ways for so many.... Sign in to see full entry.