Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)

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Germans

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Ellis Island is a former immigration inspection station. As the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 to 1954, it processed approximately 12 million immigrants to the United States in New York Harbor, within the states of New York and New Jersey. Prior to the immigration station it was owned by the Ellis family before the US government used it as a fort and a naval magazine. Between 1905 and 1914, immigration officials reviewed about 5,000 immigrants per day during peak times at Ellis Island. By 1947, shortly after the end of World War II, there were proposals to close Ellis Island due to the massive expenses needed for the upkeep of a relatively small detention center. Ellis Island closed on November 12, 1954. In June 1964, the National Park Service proposed making Ellis Island part of a national monument. In 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson approved the redevelopment of the island as a museum and park. The main building opened as a museum on September 10, 1990.

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