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

more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But Ellis was also a place ...

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Ellis Island straddles New York and New Jersey and commemorates the immigrant experience. Millions of American stories began at Ellis Island; by some estimates, 40% of people in the country today have ...

more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But Ellis was also a place ...

Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in about 1902 ... It would have been very multicultural, with British, Dutch, French and Native Americans... and sadly there would have been slave trading ...