[align=justify][box_out][box_in] Almost 12 million immigrants were processed through the immigration station on Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954 when the station closed. By 1924, however, the number of immigrants being processed at Ellis Island had been significantly reduced by anti-immigration legislation designed to establish quotas by nationality. This legislation dramatically reduced the number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States.
The Emergency Quota Act, passed in 1921, ended the United States’
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The Emergency Quota Act, passed in 1921, ended the United States’
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