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US Immigration Stations
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US Immigration Stations
Ellis Island in New York Harbor and Angel Island in San Francisco Bay served as primary immigrations stations to those wanting to enter the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Click the links on the map to learn more about each site.
Ellis Island
European Immigrants
Angel Island
Asian Immigrants
Ellis Island
Ellis Island in New York Harbor was the primary immigration station for immigrants arriving from Europe in the 1890s through the early 1900s. Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore also had ports of entry on the east coast, but Ellis Island received the most.
Visit the Ellis Island Website
- First and second-class passengers were not required to undergo inspections upon arrival.
- Immigrants who traveled in steerage were sent to Ellis Island for health inspections before admittance into the US.
Angel Island
San Francisco Bay
Angel Island was the primary arrival point for immigrants coming from Asia. The inspections and processes at Angel Island were much more restrictive and extensive than those on the east coast at Ellis Island. Discrimination against Chinese and other Asian immigrants began at the port of entry, and continued to be government sanctioned through laws such as the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Approximately 500,000 immigrants from 80 countries were processed, detained, and/or interrogated at the Angel Island site between 1910 and 1940.
Visit the Angel Island Museum Webiste