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Ellis Island Opens
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The INS opens an immigration screening station at Ellis Island
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Laws passed by Congress provides examinations of immigrants and the exclusion of convicts or people suffering from loathsome or contagious diseases.
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More and More people arrived to Ellis Island
People came to Ellis Island. -
During these years, approximately 37 million immigrants, the greatest influx ever, entered the USA.
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US passes quota laws allowing only a certain number of immigrants from each country.
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Ellis Island Closes
Ellis Island Closes for all Immigrants.
