In the 19th century, debates about contract workers sorted immigrants into "natural" and "unnatural" categories.

The first immigration station at Ellis Island opened in 1892. In that first year, the new immigration station processed over 400,000 immigrants. Immigration through Ellis Island would reach its ...

Here's what we discovered. Alexandra waits with other immigrants at Ellis Island in 1923. (Image via 101 Studios/Paramount+) In 1923, Alexandra's entry at Ellis Island is portrayed as a brutal and ...

Between 1892 and 1954, 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.

Given the lack of written reports of poor treatment, Schlaepfer suspects most families descended from Ellis Island immigrants ...

LifeVac is a simple, noninvasive tool designed to clear airway blockages fast. Each kit comes with adult and pediatric masks, ...

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 ...

The tiny melody of a violin, climbing sharp peaks and descending again to lose its echo, filled the halls of the New York Public Health Department’s hospital. Thirty-five-year-old Italian ...

They plan to call it the “Immigration Experience Room.” And that’s exactly what it will relate, said Megan Seiler, director ...

Ellis Island straddles New York and New Jersey and commemorates ... long lines and the threat of detainment and deportation tested the resolve of immigrants, many of whom had already spent days and ...

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 ...