A look inside Ellis Island during its heyday. The famous "Gateway to America" opened more than 130 years ago on New Year's Day. What was it like for the more than 12 million immigrants to travel ...

While not as famous as Ellis Island, Washington Avenue Immigration Station in Philadelphia used to be a place where immigrants were welcomed into the country, writes Michelle Myers for The ...

That scammer was George C. Parker. The son of Irish immigrants, he was born in New York City on March 16th, 1860. The world ...

Ellis Island, which opened in 1892, admitted some 3.5 million Irish immigrants to the United States. A look back at Ellis Island in this Library of Congress video filmed in 1906.

On 1 January 1892, Ellis Island opened to receive immigrants. At its peak, during the early years of the 20th Century, thousands of people passed through its gates each day. Angel Island in San ...

Overall, today’s immigrants speak English at much higher rates than those at Ellis Island or even those in the 1980s and 1990s. Most report speaking English “very well” or only English.

Famous for resuscitating Chrysler, Iacocca, whose parents came through Ellis Island from Italy, oversaw an effort that raised more than $300 million. Advertisement The Statue of Liberty was ...

This former quarantine and military station once processed as many as one million immigrants. Now, the picturesque island is one of the San Francisco Bay Area's best urban getaways.

Immigration 'Heritage Americans' Were Unassimilated Immigrants Once Too Ellis Island arrivals maintained close ties to the Old World for generations.

Of interest: NY immigrant aid groups brace for Trump deportation push, seek law to curb ICE contacts How to search passenger records on the Ellis Island website. The classic image of immigrants ...

Will Smith initially rejected the memorable "Hitch" scene on Ellis Island because he thought Black people didn't immigrate via the historic landmark.