A wall of scaffolding is surrounding one of the nation’s most treasured national monuments this Fourth of July. The scaffolding surrounding part of Ellis Island is visible from Liberty State Park, a ...

Between 1892 and 1954, most immigrants arriving in the United States passed through New York’s Ellis Island control center. For those fleeing poverty and war, the “island of tears” was also an island ...

ngel Island State Park is just a short ferry ride away from San Francisco’s wharf. Most visitors make the trip to bike, picnic and catch a stunning glimpse of the Golden Gate Bridge. But hidden in ...

Long before Ellis Island became a household name, another gateway stood on the west coast. Angel Island is a place where hope met hardship, but the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation is ...

Introduction -- Guarding the Golden Gate: the life and business of the immigration station -- "One hundred kinds of oppressive laws": Chinese immigrants in the shadow of exclusion -- "Agony, anguish, ...

“Yeah. They asked me about the family, whether I was a member of any political party, that type of thing. They made you fill out some sort of statement. I can’t remember what. The contents — I don’t ...