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Most immigrants arriving in New York entered at the Castle Garden depot near Manhattan. In 1892, the federal government opened a new immigration processing center on Ellis Island in New York harbor.
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Chinese people started coming in 1849 causing the California gold rush.
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In 1868 the 14th amendment was ratified and African Americans gained citizenship in America.
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People from these places immigrated to the United States for freedom.
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The first law made to exclude a certain group of people are not allowed to immigrate into the United States.