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>Reminder that people who couldn't work or speak english were sent back at Ellis Island. Which is why the questions were translated into 39 languages? http://w
by tclancy 9y ago
>Reminder that people who couldn't work or speak english were sent back at Ellis Island.
Which is why the questions were translated into 39 languages? http://www.essortment.com/requirements-immigrants-ellis-island-21024.html http://www.essortment.com/requirements-immigrants-ellis-isla... There's nothing in the manifest documentation to suggest this either: http://www.gjenvick.com/Immigration/EllisIsland/1905-02-HowImmigrantsAreInspected.html http://www.gjenvick.com/Immigration/EllisIsland/1905-02-HowI...
Admittedly, this is the result of 10 seconds of Googling, but I'd like to see some counter-evidence for your claim.
- cmahler7 9y agoI was wrong on english but people were still required to be able to work and not be reliant on government. This included pregnant women and children if they didn't have a husband or father This was the immigration law at the time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1882 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1882