Will Smith initially rejected the memorable "Hitch" scene on Ellis Island because he thought Black people didn't immigrate ...

About 40 percent of Americans can trace their ancestry to Ellis Island. That's what made the U.S. so prosperous.

“Hitch” director Andy Tennant marked the 20th anniversary of the romantic-comedy with a new Business Insider interview in ...

Immigration is central to America's identity — and for most of us, to our family histories. As we turn away from that legacy, ...

When their stay at the hotel in Brooklyn ran out, Giranny and her family moved to Chicago ... Xinhua News Agency/Newscom; Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, New York, 1907 - Shorpy.com ...

Have you had enough immigrant-bashing? I know I have. And since I’ve written about this subject before, I’ve heard from readers who are tired of it too. Immigrants are now lumped into one general ...

Few films have explored the immigrant experience as poignantly as Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist. Taking audiences through the ...

Scholar Kathryn Vaggalis has untangled the complex racial identity of Greek immigrants to America in her research of Greek "picture brides." ...

swing by the Main Building and the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration housed inside. Here, you'll find exhibits displaying some of the family heirlooms and keepsakes that immigrants ...

I am a third-generation American citizen. My grandfather was born here, to immigrant parents who came from Alcamo, Sicily to the United States, looking for a better life. As an Italian-American and a ...

Rev. Timothy Crellin, the Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Gardner, is celebrating the publication of his novel, "The ...

As our immigrant neighbors live each day with uncertainty and fear – and also with hopes and dreams for their families – I ...