Today's Migrants Are Just like Your Immigrant Great-Grandparents
About 40 percent of Americans can trace their ancestry to Ellis Island. That's what made the U.S. so prosperous.
Commentary: A fading lamp beside the golden door
Immigration is central to America's identity — and for most of us, to our family histories. As we turn away from that legacy, ...
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Today's Migrants Are Just like Your Immigrant Great-Grandparents
Today, about 40 percent of Americans can trace their ancestry to Ellis Island. That's what made the U.S. so prosperous. And we need a lot more immigration if it's going to stay that way.
Will Smith initially refused to do the memorable Ellis Island scene in 'Hitch,' the director says
Will Smith initially rejected the memorable "Hitch" scene on Ellis Island because he thought Black people didn't immigrate ...
We nearly lost Ellis Island. We can do more to preserve this national treasure
Opinion: Efforts to save the hospital campus on Ellis Island are imperative to understanding the largest mass migration in ...
Longmont Times-Call2d
Bill Ellis: Welcome to America
Have you had enough immigrant-bashing? I know I have. And since I’ve written about this subject before, I’ve heard from readers who are tired of it too. Immigrants are now lumped into one general ...
Citrus County Chronicle Online6dOpinion
Point: We need more workers, not fewer
Outrage over immigration is a primary reason Donald Trump and the Republicans have returned to power. Just before the ...
The Story Behind The Hitch Scene Will Smith Had To Be ‘Begged’ To Film: ‘I’m Trying To Save The Sequence’
Hitch is truly an example of a laugh-out-loud comedy with so many hilarious scenes. Ones that come to mind include when Hitch ...
Gardner priest's first novel tells story of immigration and war: Why he wrote it
Rev. Timothy Crellin, the Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Gardner, is celebrating the publication of his novel, "The ...