Because that was the POE (Point of Entry) & processing center for the east coast.
Ellis island
It was opened in 1910 and was mainly used for Chinese immigrants to immigrate into the country, after the Chinese exclusion act of 1882.
At the time when most people were immigrating to America - particularly Ellis Island - the cost of travel was a lot. This is mostly down to the cost of power and fuel in the boats used to ship immigrants to this region of America. £10 was the average cost to immigrate.
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People did not immigrate to Ellis Island- they immigrated to the US- Ellis Island was their point of entry to the US. People came to the US because of religious persecution, financial opportunity, and fleeing conditions of war or famine in their native countries.
the island of La Réunion is part of France. The conditions to immigrate are the same as those to get in mainland France.
He asked the Japanese government not to let their workers immigrate to America. (the Americans also had Angel Island, which is where Asian immigrants were detained for questioning before they were allowed into America)
The immigrants slept on the ship in Ellis Island.
Africans came as slaves and there was no Ellis Island at the time.
Immigrants got to Ellis island by boat
The immigrants who landed at Ellis Island near New York were processed much quicker than immigrants who landed at Angel Island near San Francisco. Angel Island immigrants were held to higher standards than those of Ellis Island.
Most of the immigrants processed at the Angel Island station in San Francisco Bay were Chinese.