Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million immigrants arrived at the now-iconic Ellis Island to enter the U.S. -- or nearly 200,000 legal entries ...

Although immigrants today are more assimilated into American culture than previous generations, they could still be more integrated. And contrary to what many on the Left argue, assimilation benefits ...

I’m a descendant of immigrants. Most likely you are, too. When the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, 2.5 million colonists and enslaved people lived in what would eventually become the ...

I’m a descendant of immigrants. Most likely you are, too. When the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, 2.5 million colonists and enslaved people lived in what would eventually become the ...

Creating and refining the list, 1898-1906 -- Immigration-especially European-through the lens of race -- Struggle over the list: the Jewish challenges and the federal defense, 1898-1910 -- The United ...

Today, the few remaining descendants of Jewish immigrants from that time period still living on the island are determined to ...

WASHINGTON -- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Monday compared slavery to immigration in the United States, a view that experts on slavery called inaccurate and a misleading ...

When debating current issues, it’s helpful to avoid inaccurate depictions of past policy, especially on immigration, in which both opponents and advocates of President Donald Trump’s policies have ...

When we genealogists think of immigration through New York City, which was the gateway for millions of our American ancestors, we tend to envision the huge facility Ellis Island, now a museum and ...

During his travels from Pope Leo XIV's hometown, Dolton, Illinois, to Ellis Island, New York, Chicago priest Fr. Gary Graf ...