Between 1892 and 1954, more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known.

It wasn't an event to feed new immigrants their beloved foods ... Davis, seemingly on a whim, allowed those held at Ellis Island to spend 90 days in America for Christmas. Those who had nowhere ...

About 40 percent of Americans can trace their ancestry to Ellis Island. That's what made the U.S. so prosperous.

Immigration is central to America's identity — and for most of us, to our family histories. As we turn away from that legacy, ...

(Not, genealogists have persuasively shown, by officials at Ellis Island, as family lore often holds.) Ossoff leaned into his American Jewish story — one of being descended of immigrants who ...

I am a third-generation American citizen. My grandfather was born here, to immigrant parents who came from Alcamo, Sicily to the United States, looking for a better life. As an Italian-American and a ...

Ellis Island’s museum is getting a 21st-century makeover, more than 100 years after millions of immigrants took their first steps in America there. A new $100-million project aims to revitalize ...

Ellis Island straddles New York and New Jersey and commemorates the immigrant experience. Millions of American stories began at Ellis Island; by some estimates, 40% of people in the country today have ...

These impacts on America and its citizens need to be ... And it happened again following the wave of Ellis Island immigrants, which was halted when Calvin Coolidge signed the 1924 Immigration ...

Between 1892 and 1954, more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known.

Is that the America that Trump wants to bring ... 1907 - Shorpy.com; Immigrant Children, Ellis Island, 1908, New York - Shorpy.com; PAT BENIC/UPI/Newscom; Carlos A. Moreno/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom ...