For the next 80 years, Chinese immigration was strictly limited, until the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965, which was intended to remove racial discrimination. At Angel Island, immigration ...

A stone’s throw from Alcatraz sits Angel Island. For thirty years, this spot in San Francisco Bay held thousands of Asian ...

Angel Island represents an important counterpoint to Ellis Island and the saga of American immigration history. Between 1910 and 1940, hopeful Chinese immigrants were detained at Angel Island where ...

"Border Surveillance: Places, People and Technology" will be featured at the Angel Island Immigration ... from the immigration station, where hundreds of thousands of mostly Chinese immigrants ...

He and California State Parks' staff, like Casey Dexter-Lee, are stewards of American history at the Angel Island Immigration Station ... was built to enforce the Chinese exclusion laws that ...

The backstory "Most of it is inspired by the poetry, protest poetry, carved into the wooden walls of the Angel Island Immigration Center ... a second-generation Chinese American.

The Oakland Ballet Company premiered new work Saturday in the Town that speaks to an important debate happening right now: immigration. ‘Angel Island Project’ was performed at Oakland’s ...

Alamy Visitors can still see Chinese characters carved into the walls of Angel Island's immigration and internment centre (Credit: Alamy) Throughout the day, Chris and I stopped to read the many ...