I am a third-generation American citizen. My grandfather was born here, to immigrant parents who came from Alcamo, Sicily, to ...

Opinion: Efforts to save the hospital campus on Ellis Island are imperative to understanding the largest mass migration in human history.

Ellis Island ceased to be an immigration port in 1954. But while it remains central to one of New York's most iconic images, ...

Immigration is central to America's identity — and for most of us, to our family histories. As we turn away from that legacy, ...

Will Smith initially rejected the memorable "Hitch" scene on Ellis Island because he thought Black people didn't immigrate ...

But there is no Ellis Island today; since that time, immigration law has only become more complicated. Spend some time researching the process to receive asylum in the United States, considering the ...

Ellis Island, located just a short ferry ride away from the Statue of Liberty, was the gateway to America for millions of immigrants. The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration offers a ...

Jim Dessicino Named Save Ellis Island Museum Creative Director Save Ellis Island announces the appointment of Jim Dessicino as Museum Creat ...

Ellis Island gained its historic status as the first place millions of immigrants arriving in America would have set foot on US soil. And remarkably, two American men of Welsh origin with the same ...

A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the statue can be admired from several different vantage points around Manhattan, including ...