There is a famous quote at the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” There is a less famous inscription ...

Introduction -- Guarding the Golden Gate: the life and business of the immigration station -- "One hundred kinds of oppressive laws": Chinese immigrants in the shadow of exclusion -- "Agony, anguish, ...

When you think of America's immigration story, you think of Ellis Island New York... right? Think again, because over 2,500 miles away is Angel Island, where immigrants coming into the West Coast were ...

Off the coast of Tiburon, jutting out of the San Francisco Bay, is Angel Island. Accessible only by a ferry, it’s a large, hilly state park that offers sweeping views and miles of hiking trails. But ...

Introduction -- Exclusion, detention, and Angel Island -- An alleged wife -- Before Angel Island -- Moving migrants across the Pacific -- Asiatic steerage -- The life and death of the China Mail -- ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- In a quiet corner of a San Rafael library, artist Evri Kwong works on a series of large panels depicting the Angel Island detention center where his Chinese grandparents were ...