I think they just moved the administrative building to the mainland, or possibly Manhattan.Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:37 am People used to get their legal status at Ellis island even if they were stowaways. The whole concept of "illegal immigrants" in the united states is a relatively (in historical terms) recent invention, mostly made to keep out Jews.
US's Immigration Policy
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..What mirror universe?
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People were also turned away at Ellis Island. In great numbers, sometimes.
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