Read the excerpt from Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman. But the journey was not yet over. Before they could be admitted to the United States, immigrants had to pass through Ellis Island, which became the nation’s chief immigrant processing center in 1892. There they would be questioned and examined. Those who could not pass all the exams would be detained; some would be sent back to Europe. And so their arrival in America was filled with great anxiety. Among the immigrants, Ellis Island was known as “Heartbreak Island.”

When their ship docked at the Hudson River pier, the immigrants had numbered identity tags pinned to their clothing. Then they were herded onto special ferryboats that carried them to Ellis Island. Officials hurried them along, shouting “Quick! Run! Hurry!” in half a dozen languages.

Filing into an enormous inspection hall, the immigrants formed long lines separated by iron railings that made the hall look like a great maze.

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The immigrants’ next stop after landing in the States was Ellis Island. This was the place where they would be given health exams and other tests to see if they would be allowed to stay. Many feared the tests because they did not want to be sent back to their homeland.
“Filing into an enormous inspection hall, the immigrants formed long lines separated by iron railings . . .”
One author says, “Before they could be admitted to the United States, immigrants had to pass through Ellis Island, which became the nation’s chief immigrant processing center in 1892. There they would be questioned and examined.”
Freedman writes about Ellis Island, “Officials hurried them along, shouting ‘Quick! Run! Hurry!’ in