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 ...

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 ...

The surge in immigrants added 0.6% to the population per year during the period — similar to the migration that happened during the Ellis Island era of the 1850s. America’s foreign born ...

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 ...