If they were coming in directly to San Francisco they would enter through Angel Island.
They were treated badly at Angel Island.
Chinese
Unfriendly entrance conditions at Angel Island ---Apex...
Chinese immigrants never went through Ellis Island. They went through Angel Island.14
They were treated badly at Angel Island.
Angel Island Immigration Station
Nope. Angel Island was started as an Immigration Facility in 1910 but many Asians did arrive in San Francisco in the early 1800's, just not through Angel Island. Many did go to Angel Island to be checked for illnesses and and to tell officials about their past life.
They were not allowed to talk to family already in America.
Most of the immigrants processed at the Angel Island station in San Francisco Bay were Chinese.
Angel Island and Ellis Island
The practices at Angel Island reveal a bias against certain immigrants because Chinese Immigrants were detained for weeks or months in prison-like facilities while awaiting a ruling on whether or not they could stay. Other immigrants passed through Angel Island fairly quickly.