The Statue of Liberty, France's gift to the U.S., was originally viewed as a tribute to the end of slavery. But poet Emma ...

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

The author argues that illegal immigration is a symptom of these restrictive policies, not the problem itself. The author believes the root cause is an irrational fear of cultural and economic change ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A body was found in the water near Ellis Island Tuesday morning, police said. The unidentified male was found unconscious in the upper bay near Ellis Island just before 9 a.m ...

A New York City hotel that became a symbol of the massive wave of immigration under the Biden administration is permanently closing.

Millions of people passed through Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital between 1901 and 1924. A team of doctors performed tests to verify whether those entering the United States had any kind of ...

From German street food to an American symbol, the hot dog’s rise is a story of immigration, innovation and affordability. As ...

Kind of like Luigia Colucci. After a long journey from a small town in Italy, she arrived at Ellis Island on Feb. 21, 1917 with two teenage daughters. She was 40 years old, eight months pregnant.

Object Details Author Stakely, J. Tracy 1966- Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation (U.S.) Subject Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) History Notes Includes 5 fold-out colored ...