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What Did Immigrants Have To Do At Ellis Island?

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What Did Immigrants Have To Do At Ellis Island? After an arduous sea voyage, immigrants arriving at Ellis Island were tagged with information from their ship’s registry; they then waited on long lines for medical and legal inspections to determine if they were fit for entry into the United States. How were immigrants treated at

What Immigrants Brought To Ellis Island?

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What Immigrants Brought To Ellis Island? About 12 million immigrants would pass through Ellis Island during the time of its operation, from 1892 to 1954. Many of them were from Southern and Eastern Europe. They included Russians, Italians, Slavs, Jews, Greeks, Poles, Serbs, and Turks. New immigrants flooded into cities. What did immigrants bring with