Immigrate To America Analysis

From the years 1892-1924, Ellis Island was a place where thousands of immigrants would pass through to become an American. One day, there were so many immigrants, that more that 10,000 people came through. This was the only way to become an American. "Why would people want to immigrate from their home country?" you might ask. There are a actually a huge amount of reasons as to why a person or a family might want to immigrate to America. Someone might have their family in America, so they might want to immigrate there to live with them. Someone might also want to immigrate to America because their country might not be as free as America is, so they may want to be free. Overall, Ellis Island was very important, especially to immigrants, and they had to overcome some huge challenges in order to arrive at America.

Someone may want to immigrate because they may have family members there. A great example of this
"The wait was long--maybe five hours or so if no problems occurred" This is stated in the passage "Welcome to Ellis Island" in paragraph 4. The minimum wait time was 5 hours. I saw minimum because with no problems, you would still have to wait 5 hours. What I wonder is how long you would have to wait if there were problems. "On one especially busy day, more than 10,000 people crossed this grand hall." This was also quoted from "Welcome to Ellis Island." and in paragraph 4. The wait time on that day must have been at least 7 hours, with all the people that arrived. "They were examined, questioned, and then--with luck--registered as new Americans." I cited this from paragraph 4 in "Welcome to Ellis Island." What I find interesting, is the fact that in this sentence Eleanor says that with luck, people would be registered as American, but "Only two percent of those who came to Ellis Island were sent back to their original countries." this was cited from "Welcome to Ellis Island" in paragraph