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 ...

Ellis Island was not always the golden right of passage to the American Dream; For many decades, it detained immigrants and suspected criminals. ... “Here, as in Britain and Australia, ...

Most of the families on Ellis Island said they are still in shelters. Some are even separated from their loved ones because of space, but are eager to move out and work.

This 1924 file photo shows the registry room at Ellis Island in New York harbor, a gateway to America for millions of immigrants. Here we are a century later, still fighting over migrants and the ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Ellis Island, first an immigration hub and now a historic archive, will now be transformed once again and its museum expanded to include millions more familial records ...

Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty Images People waiting at the Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York, N.Y., in October of 1950. The Greco family can be seen at right.

B y the time Ellis Island closed its doors, on this day, Nov. 12, in 1954, three decades had passed since it had welcomed waves of newcomers to America.. Its active years, from 1892 to 1924, had ...

ELLIS ISLAND (WABC) -- With the stroke of a pen, Juliana Lopez is one step closer to the American dream - filling out Form 1-589, the official application for political asylum. "I had to leave ...

The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration has been open since 1990. Paul Seibert Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island hoping to start a new life ...