But Lazarus' poem turned out to be a prophecy. In 1892, within sight of the statue, America's first-ever immigration facility opened at Ellis Island. By the 1920s, more than 12 million immigrants from ...

What Americans want, Cox said, is an Ellis Island: "If we had a system like that, immigration would be a non-issue today." ...

For many other people, New York City is key because they had ancestors among the millions of immigrants who passed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954. In fact, Ellis Island is the starting ...

The medal ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 10th during a black-tie gala held in Ellis Island's Great Hall, which served as the gateway for 12 million immigrants to the U.S.

Lewis Wickes Hine. Slavic Immigrant, Ellis Island, 1905. Elizabeth McCausland papers, 1838-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Use Note Current copyright status is undetermined ...

On this day in 1998, the SCOTUS rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. Because the ...

In 1892, within sight of the statue, America's first-ever immigration facility opened at Ellis Island. By the 1920s, more than 12 million immigrants from Europe had come through Ellis Island.