America’s foreign born population now makes up a record 15.2% of the US, surpassing the previous high of 14.8 percent in 1890 — just two years before Ellis Island opened to deal with the ...

View Maphead: Ellis Island in a larger map New York and New Jersey have been fighting over their mutual border for centuries, and the dispute actually turned into a shooting war more than once ...

Where did they land? » ASK US: Have something you’re wondering about the Philly region? Submit your Curious Philly question ...

After World War I, Ellis Island became a deportation center, from which leftists such as Emma Goldman were forced to set sail. During World War II, when the United States accepted only 250,000 ...

the possibility of arriving immigrants’ being harmed through this heedlessness shows how appallingly primitive physical examinations on Ellis Island were while underlining the United States ...

Later that month, the ferry Ellis Island made its final stop at the island in New York Harbor and the immigration facility closed for good, ending its run as a gateway to the United States for ...

Immigration backlash then and now: Trump vows mass deportation Five months after Pugliese landed at Ellis Island, the United States issued its first broad-based numerical restrictions on immigration.

The famed island, located in New York Harbor, first became a processing center for immigrants in 1892. Today about 40% of the US population can trace their ancestry through Ellis Island ...

Annie Moore was the first immigrant who walked through the doors when Ellis Island opened more than 130 years ago. These days, there are statues of her in Ireland and at the historic US site.

The replica will go on display on Ellis Island for Independence ... On a trip to the United States, Mr. Bartholdi chose what was then Bedloe’s Island — it was renamed Liberty Island in 1956 ...

It has been left to decay for nearly 60 years. Join us for our upcoming Ellis Island hospital tour, guided by a Save Ellis Island docent, where we will uncover the many buried secrets of this ...

The US has seen its largest surge in immigration in its history under the Biden Administration — surpassing the Ellis Island-era migration boom that changed the face of the nation forever ...