The new order means thousands of Haitian immigrants on Long Island could lose work permits and be eligible for removal Aug. 3 ...

Immigrants have been a part of the foundation of what would be New York City, according to the state’s New York ...

He had been dead 42 years, but my great-uncle's benefits sustained and, in many ways, shaped the remainder of my great-aunt’s life.

Then we went to Ellis Island to learn how people, for more than 100 years, ventured across the ocean in their desire to immigrate to the United States. It was named after Samuel Ellis, a Welsh ...

Scholar Kathryn Vaggalis has untangled the complex racial identity of Greek immigrants to America in her research of Greek ...

Families and educators across New York City have held conversations with their kids in recent weeks about what to do if they ...

Brian Ellis, a 1993 Naval Academy graduate and former varsity football player, was among the 67 victims of Wednesday night’s midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Rev. Timothy Crellin, the Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Gardner, is celebrating the publication of his novel, "The ...

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

I am a third-generation American citizen. My grandfather was born here, to immigrant parents who came from Alcamo, Sicily to the United States, looking for a better life. As an Italian-American and a ...

Nearly 40 percent of Americans have at least one ancestor who entered the U.S. through Ellis Island. However, today's migrants may be shut out and deported, a humanitarian tragedy that would ...

Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, New York, 1907 - Shorpy.com; Immigrant Children, Ellis Island, 1908, New York - Shorpy.com; PAT BENIC/UPI/Newscom; Carlos A. Moreno/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom ...