The massive project to modernize the historic immigration museum comes as political tensions over immigration are rising.

An Irish teenager named Annie Moore was the first immigrant processed at Ellis Island when it opened in 1892. Now her cousin is telling her story onstage, hoping to share a powerful message with a ...

“It’s interesting to look at Ellis Island to learn from what was actually great about this system of welcoming people and stories that are pretty recent history,” JR said in the short film.

While Ellis Island in New York may be one of the most well-known immigration hubs in the world, seen as a sign of hope, its West Coast counterpart has a far more eerie history. San Francisco's ...

On 1 January 1892, Ellis Island opened to receive immigrants. At its peak, during the early years of the 20th Century, thousands of people passed through its gates each day. Angel Island in San ...

On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island officially closed as an immigration station and detention center. More than 12 million ...

DuBois and Ellis Island History Director Stephen Lean walked through the great hall on Ellis Island. ... during Ellis Island's heyday, you know, 5,000 people a day being processed here, ...

Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for 1923 season 2, episode 3. Alexandra (Julia Schlaepfer) had a harrowing trip through Ellis Island in 1923, but it wasn't entirely clear why she had to go ...

The US has seen its largest surge in immigration over the past three years under the Biden Administration, ballooning to an average net increase of more than 2 million people each year and surpassi… ...

Ellis Island’s museum is getting a 21st-century makeover, more than 100 years after millions of immigrants took their first steps in America there. CNN values your feedback 1.

Isabel Belarsky was one of the millions of people who were processed on Ellis Island before its immigration facility closed in 1954. In 2014, she told the BBC about reaching the gateway to the US ...