It wasn't. The Statue of Liberty was built on Liberty Island (previously known as Bedloe's Island) in 1886.
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Ellis Island, which is on the coast of New York, I believe, near Liberty Island
The American Protective Association and The Ellis Island Association
The Bureau of Immigration as well as the United States Public Health Service were the government agencies that processed the immigrants arriving at Ellis Island. In addition to the processing of their documents, immigrants were subjected to a 'Six second physical' to determine whether or not they were ill, and might bring an epidemic into the country.
They usually gathered in groups near Ellis Island in big cities. It's usually where they could find the most work. Italians =]
so they cuold be identified and checked out later again. this ensured that no foreign disses wich Americans may have no immunety to were not introduced to the populace