July 16, 2026
Tag: American immigration before 1890
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Castle Garden, the Gateway to Ellis Island
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America’s welcome mat at Ellis Island in New York was for refugees — from hunger, political unrest, or poverty. While before 1890 the states controlled immigration, in 1890 the federal government took control through the Departments of Commerce, Labor, and (in 1940) Justice. Ellis Island wasn’t the only federal immigration center, but it was the…
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February 7, 2022 6 Comments
When you read historic accounts on topics like “race suicide” you may wonder why it was such a concern. In our times, terms for imagined problems seem to appear in the media and before the next blink of your eye, everyone is using it. Few understand, but it is added to the lexicon, hence it no longer describes the problem; it is the problem.