The guards at Ellis Island and other immigration processing centers didn't want people of races they considered inferior to give birth in America. Alexandra was mistaken for an Irish immigrant ...

The first Greeks who arrived in the New World had to go through Ellis Island, which became the designated immigration station ...

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 ...

Nearly 12 million immigrants were processed at Ellis Island's immigration station from its opening in 1892 to 1954, when it closed. But the number of immigrants dropped significantly by 1924 ...

For these immigrants Ellis Island was an 'Island of Tears ... Neighbourhoods with names such as ‘Little Italy’ and ‘Irish Town’ started to appear in American cities.

The Feature Profile Test, in the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, was administered to immigrants at Ellis Island in the early 20th century. Those who failed to ...

Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.

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 ...