Encountering Ellis Island: How European Immigrants Entered America

A look at the process of entering America a hundred years ago—from both an institutional and a human perspective.

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America is famously known as a nation of immigrants. Millions of Europeans journeyed to the United States in the peak years of 1892–1924, and Ellis Island, New York, is where the great majority landed. Ellis Island opened in 1892 with the goal of placing immigration under the control of the federal government and systematizing the entry process. ...