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 ...

Opinion: Efforts to save the hospital campus on Ellis Island are imperative to understanding the largest mass migration in ...

For these immigrants Ellis Island was an 'Island of Tears ... Poland, Russia and Lithuania. They left their own countries to escape poverty, and religious and political persecution.

hundreds of prospective immigrants looking to escape from poverty in Europe for a better life in wealthy America are turned away at Ellis Island. What’s more, some of those forced to return have ...

Between its opening in 1892 and closing in 1954, Ellis Island saw many variations of ... It wasn't an event to feed new immigrants their beloved foods but to introduce them to what Americans ...

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 ...