The national monument to immigration at Ellis Island is in the latter part of a $117 million makeover as the U.S. marks its ...

George Zoley, a Greek immigrant, founded GEO Group, America's largest private immigration detention company. His wealth ...

(CNN) — When George Zoley, the founder of a private company that manages more than 20 federal immigration facilities testified before Congress in 2020, he spoke about how his own immigrant experience ...

Ellis Island closed as an immigration station and detention center. Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants arrived by boat in the United State of America. Ellis Island was the largest ...

On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island officially closed as an immigration station and detention center. More than 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States via Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.

Atlas Obscura recently joined us for a tour of the now abandoned immigrant hospital on Ellis Island, and sent us a video inside the facility. We offer tours of the ...

How (and why) immigrants traveled to America -- How immigrants were processed -- How newcomers dealt with delays and coped with detainment or rejection -- How the immigration staff and others viewed ...

A man in pajamas and a robe is sitting and reading a newspaper behind a caged door in quarantine detention. Exhibition Note: Exhibited: "Images from the History of the Public Health Service," ...