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Ellis Island Immigration Ellis Island was the first federal immigration station in the United States. It first opened in 1892 in the upper New York harbor by the statue of liberty. Then sadly ended in 1954. There were twelve million immigrates that had used the Ellis Island immigration system. Over the years, Ellis Island connected with three more Islands with a lot of structures, with a large hospital and a contagious disease ward. Ellis Island was known …

…think that immigrants are people who do not belong in their country and they think they should go back to where they came from. I think those types of people are very ignorant because those immigrants only wanted to be free and finally have somewhere to live. Many people went through hard times in Ellis Island, but of course felt happy in the end for going through all of it and finally achieving their goals.