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 ...

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. But Ellis was also a place ...

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. But Ellis was also a place ...

Nearly 12 million immigrants were processed at Ellis Island's immigration station from its opening in 1892 to 1954, when it closed. But the number of immigrants dropped significantly by 1924 ...

U.S. Census data shows the foreign-born population made up 13.9% of the total in 2022 and suggests it hit 15% last year.

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

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 ...

January 14, 2025 — Oppy BB #:116424 Chairman, CEO and Managing Partner John Anderson will receive the prestigious International Humanitarian Ellis Island Medal of Honor, an award that celebrates the ...

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 ...