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of 1870-1900. Immigrants were deported from new houses in America to help dismantle the Bay Bridge, they were injured, and some were not able to see their families for months. Mules were used for transportation, so immigrants starting a new life helped feed, and take care of mules.
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The San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed public records which gave the Chinese immigrants the opportunity to say that they were born in America therefore they could bring more family over into America.
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From 1910-40, an estimated 500,000 immigrants from 80 countries—including Australia, India, New Zealand, Russia, Mexico, Canada, and Central and South America—were processed through Angel Island.
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That was the day than angel island opened to help immigrants coming from the west. -
Though we don't know the exact date of this event we do know the following happened. International events after 1914, including the outbreak of World War I, delayed the expected rush of Europeans.
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Vaishno Das Bagai, from present-day Pakistan, came through Angel Island in 1915, became a citizen in 1921 and bought a home in Berkeley, Calif. -
Though we don't know the exact date of this event we do know the following happened. The U.S. Immigration Station processed hundreds of thousands of immigrants, the majority from China.
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There is no exact date for this it is just a true fact that applies to alot of these statements. Chinese kids without a true father in the United States became "paper sons" or "paper daughters".
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at this time the immigrant wave slowed down to a crawl
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Angel Island Immigration Station was an immigration station in San Francisco Bay which operated from January 21, 1910 to November 5, 1940, where immigrants entering the United States were detained and interrogated.