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Chapter 15 Ellis and Angel Islands Ellis and Angel Islands were the gateways for millions of immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954. Ellis Island was on the East Coast and Angel Island was on the West Coast. In the 35 years before Ellis Island opened, over eight million immigrants arriving in New York City had been processed by New York State officials at Castle Garden Immigration Depot in Lower Manhattan, just across the bay.

From 1910 to 1940, the Angel Island Immigration Station processed approximately 1 million Asian immigrants entering into the US, leading to it sometimes being referred to as "The Ellis Island of the West." It was called that because they were basically the same thing but on different sides of the country. Photo: "History – Angel Island Conservancy." Angel Island Conservancy RSS. Web. 19 Oct. 2015. . Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 19 Oct. 2015. .

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