only 2% of immigrants were deported.
many illegal immigrants were deported
In 2009, according to the Christian Science Monitor, nearly 400,000 illegal aliens were deported.
Ellis island immigrants were deported if they had a disease that was incurable, or sometimes if they failed the Island process.Added: All immigrants had to pass certain medical health, physical, mental, and psychological exams AND have a firm destination in the US to which they were headed to be housed by a friend or family member or employer. If anyone failed the exams or did not have a destination to whch to go, they were returned to their country of origin - EVEN if it meant breaking up a family unit.
Ellis Island
Ellis Island
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200,000 unlawfully present foreign nationals were deported from the United States in 2005.
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2000.
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Ellis island grew because of so many immigrants passing to that island it was a island of hope