Will Smith initially rejected the memorable "Hitch" scene on Ellis Island because he thought Black people didn't immigrate ...

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

“Hitch” director Andy Tennant marked the 20th anniversary of the romantic-comedy with a new Business Insider interview in ...

Scholar Kathryn Vaggalis has untangled the complex racial identity of Greek immigrants to America in her research of Greek "picture brides." ...

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

When their stay at the hotel in Brooklyn ran out, Giranny and her family moved to Chicago ... Xinhua News Agency/Newscom; Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, New York, 1907 - Shorpy.com ...

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 ...

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 ...

swing by the Main Building and the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration housed inside. Here, you'll find exhibits displaying some of the family heirlooms and keepsakes that immigrants ...

Minding the Campus As the Trump administration battles to secure the southern border and undo Biden’s reckless dereliction of ...

In my 32 years of teaching (1971-2003) I was enriched by the interaction with over 3,000 students in my classroom, not to mention study hall and “cafeteria duty.” One student, Sandy Panosian ...

Immigration ... largest influx since the Ellis Island era. The city provided hotel rooms, dormitories, counseling and other assistance, an approach that made sure families didn’t sleep on ...