This Day in Jewish History 1892: Ellis Island Festively Opens to Take in the Tired and Poor

This entry point to America was designed to process as many as 5,000 immigrants a day. It couldn't keep pace with the inflow.

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On January 1, 1892, the U.S. federal government opened the Ellis Island immigration station in New York Harbor.
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