The Real History of Angel Island

People often learn about Ellis Island when they are taught the history of immigration in the US. However, many people also came through Angel Island in California.

Angel Island Immigration Station was the main US immigration site on the west coast from 1910 to 1940. Although hundreds of thousands of immigrants from all over the world passed through the station for processing, the stories behind the island and the people who went there have largely been left out of history. Learn all about t...