No. The false urban legend is that "the changes were done at the entry point [by immigration officials] and that the immigrants were unwilling participants in t

No. The false urban legend is that "the changes were done at the entry point [by immigration officials] and that the immigrants were unwilling participants in the modifications" or more specifically that these officials "carelessly or maliciously altered an immigrant’s name because it was too difficult to spell or sounded too foreign". The link is clear that "Many names did get changed as immigrants settled into their new American lives, but those changes were made several years after arrival and were done by choice of someone in the family." and "immigrants changed their own names, usually during the citizenship process". All quotes from the text.