The famous "Gateway to America" opened more than 130 years ago on New Year's Day. What was it like for the more than 12 ...

EL PASO, Texas – They crossed the U.S.-Mexico border like beggars, tired, hungry and alone. They had no papers or names. That ...

At the end of the 19th century, Ellis Island immigration station in New York became known as the gateway to America. Between 1892 and 1954, over 12 million immigrants entered the United States ...

On New Year's Day in 1892, the Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York formally opened, processing nearly 700 immigrants ...

Jan. 14, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. For generations, immigrants from around the world have come to America with the hope of realizing the American dream. Their stories are united by the ...

But immigration also had its biggest surge in US history under the Biden administration, surpassing even the Ellis Island era. The majority of those deported were apprehended at the borders rather ...

The statue also houses a museum dedicated to its history and construction, as well as the story of immigrants who came to the United States through Ellis Island. Ellis Island, located nearby ...

Families were often kept on Ellis Island for months at a time ... It wasn't an event to feed new immigrants their beloved foods but to introduce them to what Americans eat. In 1898, the feast ...

A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the statue can be admired from several different vantage points around Manhattan, including ...