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The United States on an island in New York Bay, 1892 ~ 1943 is a major U.S. immigration checkpoints. New York City, Manhattan, about 1.6 km southwest of Fort (1 mile), east coast of New Jersey 400 meters (1,300 feet) or so. Area of ??about 11 hectares (27) to have the island's 1770 Alice (Samuel Ellis) is named. At one time, the ship's bottom goods (stone, sand, etc.) are dumped here. 1808, New York sold the island to 10,000 dollars with the federal government, as a fortress and arsenal. 1892 ~ 1943 is the country's major immigration station, an estimated 1,700 million immigrants through the island to accept immigration review

And then are allowed to enter the United States. Immigration checkpoints in 1943, moved to New York City after 1954 years ago, the island continues to be deported as an alien and the staff of the detention. Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965 to become part of the land in 1976 by the National Park Service re-opened to tourists. The island's main building and other buildings in the 1980s, a new restoration, and in 1990, Ellis Island Immigration Museum's name to open up, displaying the history of American immigration heritage. New Jersey waters, the island bit, but is part of New York City has long been New Jersey and New York jurisdiction over the island debating.

Ellis Island can be said that the late 19th century, each of the New World immigrants to enter the United States must pass through stations, especially in the 1892-1954 migration period of 60 years, there were more than 1 million immigrants arrived in 1000 2 here, in the peak period, every day 5,000 people in the hall waiting for immigration officers to ask immigration and quarantine.

Today, Ellis Island after renovation project, it has become compelling and moving the Immigration Museum. Way back when full of hope and the search for freedom and opportunity of immigrant groups, if not by health and quarantine, must face the tragic fate of being repatriated to make Ellis Island immigration is concerned, is the only thin line of "Hope Island "and" Island of Tears. "

< p>In the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, there is a migration to the United States can show the actual number of countries in the electronic map, press the "Chinese" this button, the screen will show the year to New York's total of 284,144 Chinese people, although compared to 200 million of Italian immigrants, which can be considered trivial, but the New York City can be said of China today is the nation's largest. Estimated in the late 20th century, the United States is from 1980 to 2000 of 20 years, there will be about 65 million immigrants into the United States

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