From Ellis Island to Lampedusa, from Seoul to Senegal, filmmakers have used cinema to chart the hopes, heartbreak and quiet ...

Washington Avenue Immigration Station, which operated from 1873 to 1915, can be considered Philadelphia’s Ellis Island. But it wasn’t the first place new arrivals docked at.

While not as famous as Ellis Island, Washington Avenue Immigration Station in Philadelphia used to be a place where immigrants were welcomed into the country, writes Michelle Myers for The ...

That’s the real legacy of Ellis Island — one worth reclaiming today. Daniel Di Martino is a Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a PhD candidate in Economics at Columbia University. Tags ...

The US has seen its largest surge in immigration in its history under the Biden Administration — surpassing the Ellis Island-era migration boom that changed the face of the nation forever ...

NEW YORK (AP) – The Ellis Island Immigration Museum, which sustained severe damage to its infrastructure from the surging waters of Superstorm Sandy, is not expected to re-open to the public ...

Ellis Island, the initial destination of millions of immigrants, reopened to the public Monday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of the New York Harbor. First ferry ...

The Roosevelt Hotel, dubbed the city’s “Little Ellis Island,” shuttered its doors to migrants on Tuesday. The early-20th-century hotel once served as the backdrop to dozens of Hollywood ...

The 29-building hospital complex on the lesser-traveled south side of Ellis Island is a unique attraction in New York City. While most visitors head straight for the immigration museum, on the ...

The performance, titled Ellis Island, will not only feature the orchestra but also incorporate spoken word and ensemble actors to bring to life powerful immigration stories. The presentation aims to ...

NEW YORK, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ellis Island Honors Society (EIHS) has today announced the 2025 recipients of the Annual Ellis Island Medals of Honor, which include: Her Majesty Queen ...