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Ellis Island Opens (1900) w/ Brian Lehrer
It’s December 17th. On this day in 1900, the Ellis Island immigration center in New York harbor opened its doors.
Jody and Niki are joined by Brian Lehrer of WNYC to discuss the new wave of immigrants that entered the country in the first decades of the 1900s, and how the story of American immigration has evolved over the years.
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