Between 1892 and 1924, more than 12 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) bid farewell to their hometowns in search of better opportunities in the land of the free. Traveling with little more than a ...

Ellis Island has a new facade tha features a screen with more than 1,200 square feet of LED lights, a revised porte cochere and fresh landscaping. Photo Credit: Ellis Island Casino & Hotel Ellis ...

The owners of the 101-year-old Roosevelt Hotel, oft-referred to as New York City’s “New Ellis Island,” have a new redevelopment offer. Shahal Khan’s Burkhan World Investments and its partners want to ...

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.

Although immigrants today are more assimilated into American culture than previous generations, they could still be more integrated. And contrary to what many on the Left argue, assimilation benefits ...

NEW YORK (WHSV) - 70 years ago, Nov. 12, 1954, marked the day Ellis Island, the famous gateway to the U.S. in New York Harbor, closed its doors for good. Named after merchant Samuel Ellis, Ellis ...

They arrived as rich and poor, white and non-white, and, without exception, legally. With the gradual decline of such great influxes, Ellis Island finally ceased operating roughly 71 years ago. Yet ...