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, ...

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 ...

Then we went to Ellis Island to learn how people, for more than 100 years, ventured across the ocean in their desire to immigrate to the United States. It was named after Samuel Ellis, a Welsh ...