A wall of scaffolding is surrounding one of the nation’s most treasured national monuments this Fourth of July. The scaffolding surrounding part of Ellis Island is visible from Liberty State Park, a ...

The Statue of Liberty, France's gift to the U.S., was originally viewed as a tribute to the end of slavery. But poet Emma ...

The reopening of Ellis Island to the public during America's bicentennial year prompted CBS News' Charles Kuralt to offer his ...

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 ...

Oops! The planned National Garden of American Heroes accidentally serves to highlight the importance of welcoming ...

The Trump administration's immigration policies, targeting undocumented immigrants, TPS holders, and naturalized citizens, ...

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.

Ellis Island, the initial destination of millions of immigrants, reopened to the public Monday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of the New York Harbor. First ferry ...