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> The sick were rejected and sent back where they came from. Only if they were also poor. First class passengers on the boats didn’t go through medical screeni

• ltbarcly3 7y ago
  That's probably because of injustice, it goes without saying that people who lived 'back then' didn't have functional brains and they were all racist automatons. Most steerage passengers spent about 3 hours being screened at Ellis Island, and most of that was waiting in line. This is not dramatically worse than a typical wait at customs at any international airport at a peak hour. To this day they still let First Class passengers off the airplane first so they get to be the first in line at customs.
  • isostatic 7y ago
    > To this day they still let First Class passengers off the airplane first so they get to be the first in line at customs. Doesn't really help at large airports as that just means you're first in the queue behind the previous 5 planes. Some airports do have a faster immigration line for first/business passengers though. I don't recall any in the U.S, but Heathrow does for example.