Between 1892 and 1954, most immigrants arriving in the United States passed through New York’s Ellis Island control center. For those fleeing poverty and war, the “island of tears” was also ...

Let's look at the history of Ellis Island. From the mid-1800s to 1900, over 60 years, 12 million people were processed. We are three-quarters of the way there in the last three years under this ...

The surge outpaced the historical records set in the late 1800s that led to the opening of Ellis Island in New York. Getty Images “For the past four years, we’ve been hearing from the ...

City officials describe the Roosevelt Hotel, the city’s main intake center for homeless migrants, as the “new Ellis Island ... Photographs by Todd Heisler Inside a once grand but long ...

The first came from Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s: the Ellis Island era. The second, which continues today, started in 1965 with sweeping changes in immigration law that welcomed people ...

The south side of Ellis Island. Fraunces Tavern in Battery Park ... worthy including a gothic inspired church from the 1800s. They say other historic buildings in the area can be damaged ...

The museum’s revitalization project will be completed by 2026. Courtesy Paul Seibert/Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation Ellis Island was once home to the largest and busiest immigrant ...

ventured out in a rowboat to make a 16 mm film about an abandoned space nearby: Ellis Island. In the early 1970s, two high school filmmakers ventured out in a rowboat to make a 16 mm film about an ...

The US has seen its largest surge in immigration in its history under the Biden Administration — surpassing the Ellis ...