It is part of two separate renovation projects totaling $117.7 million underway on the historic island, which was the entry point for 12 million immigrants between 1892 and 1954.

But the Ellis Island narrative is misleading. While early 20th-century immigrants were poor by today’s standards, they were positively selected relative to their home countries — often better ...

Today, Ellis Island holds much information about the immigrants who landed there. That information may be accessed onsite or online. Viewing your material onsite should be more fun because you can ...

From Ellis Island to Lampedusa, from Seoul to Senegal, filmmakers have used cinema to chart the hopes, heartbreak and quiet heroism of those who cross borders in search of something better.

The Roosevelt Hotel, dubbed the city’s “Little Ellis Island,” shuttered its doors to migrants on Tuesday. The early-20th-century hotel once served as the backdrop to dozens of Hollywood ...

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