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The Golden Door Coalition is a coalition of individuals and organizations committed to the resettlement of refugees in Illinois with dignity and the support necessary to thrive in our nation. 

Our members represent a broad range of ethnic communities, faith communities, employers, community-based organizations and others.  

We take our name from Emma Lazarus inspiring words engraved on the Statue of Liberty, “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 to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”