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Greek-Orthodox priest who traveled through Ellis Island Immigration Station

Gudeloupean woman's profile at Ellis Island.

Guide at Little Norway, Blue Mounds, Wis.

Protesters marched for International Workers Day on May Day. They marched from Nicollet and Lake Street in south Minneapolis to Powderhorn Park. The people marched to call for workers' rights and to protest issues such as immigration raids and…

My grandparents, father, and aunt, ca. 1935. I don't know all the details, but apparently my grandfather spent much of the '20s working construction in the States, and would go back to Italy periodically. I guess Pops was conceived on one of those…

Isela Garcia, 23, of Little Village, Chicago, came to the United States with her parents when she was nine years old, and spent Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at Chicago's Navy Pier, preparing her application for deferred deportation. Thousands of…

McBeth's maternal kin.

This photo of Durdugül, Ercan & Ali was taken on their second day in the United States in 1989. When my sister Durdugül and her family came to the United States they had Bulgarian names in their passports. Later they reclaimed their original…

My dad with his only living sister/sibling - both immigrated here on their own from China when they were in their teens/early 20's. Coming to America meant they would never see their parents again. It was a heartbreaking price, apparently mutually…