USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It served as the nation’s major immigration station from 1892 to 1924, after which its role was reduced; during that period an estimated 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island, where they were processed by immigration authorities and obtained permission to enter the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -Over the next 62 years, more than 12 million immigrants would arrive in the United States via Ellis Island.

Detailed explanation-3: -On April 17, 1907, thousands upon thousands of immigrants filed through Ellis Island’s Registry Room, a room no larger than two high school basketball courts. By the day’s end, they had set the record for the number of immigrants processed in a single day-11, 747.

Detailed explanation-4: -From 1892 to 1954, over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island, a small island in New York Harbor.

Detailed explanation-5: -The exterior of the Ellis Island immigration inspection station in 1907. It took more than 11, 000 people-11, 747 to be precise-to set the record. That was how many individuals went through immigration at Ellis Island in New York on April 17, 1907, precisely 110 years ago.