About 40 percent of Americans can trace their ancestry to Ellis Island. That's what made the U.S. so prosperous.

I am a third-generation American citizen. My grandfather was born here, to immigrant parents who came from Alcamo, Sicily, to ...

Immigration is central to America's identity — and for most of us, to our family histories. As we turn away from that legacy, ...

Ellis Island ceased to be an immigration port in 1954. But while it remains central to one of New York's most iconic images, ...

Will Smith initially rejected the memorable "Hitch" scene on Ellis Island because he thought Black people didn't immigrate ...

Outrage over immigration is a primary reason Donald Trump and the Republicans have returned to power. Just before the ...

Jim Dessicino Named Save Ellis Island Museum Creative Director Save Ellis Island announces the appointment of Jim Dessicino as Museum Creat ...

The federal government took funds from the city's bank account and called it a “clawback” of taxpayer money. A lot of other people would call it stealing.

Ellis Island gained its historic status as the first place millions of immigrants arriving in America would have set foot on US soil. And remarkably, two American men of Welsh origin with the same ...