seamen who deserted their ships, and stowaways on the island without bail. After Ellis Island stopped offering Immigration and Naturalization Services in 1954, the government considered Ellis ...

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Washington Avenue Immigration Station opened 19 years before Ellis Island, welcoming more than ... place of birth, ship name, date of entry, and profession. The records also include an immigrant ...

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After years of construction, shipping and assembly, the statue was officially unveiled in 1886 in New York Harbor, where its raised torch and inscribed words of welcome greeted the millions of ...