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    Ellis Island, America’s first and biggest immigration center, technically belongs to New Jersey. In May of 1998, the Supreme Court ended a long-standing argument between New Jersey and the Empire State over who actually owns the Island, as Smithsonian Magazine discovered.
    The resulting court battle led to a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling in favor of giving 90 per cent ownership of Ellis Island to New Jersey, leading one senator of the time to gloat “'Welcome to Ellis Island, New Jersey,'” Jennings writes.
     
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    Ellis Island - Wikipedia

    Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States. From 1892 to 1954, nearly 12 million immigrants arriving at the Port of New York and New … See more

    Ellis Island is in Upper New York Bay, east of Liberty State Park and north of Liberty Island. While most of the island is in Jersey City, New Jersey, a small section is an exclave of New York City. The island has a land area of 27.5 … See more

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    The current complex was designed by Edward Lippincott Tilton and William A. Boring, who performed the commission under the direction of the Supervising Architect for the U.S. … See more

    The island is administered by the National Park Service, though fire protection and medical services are also provided by the Jersey City Fire Department. In extreme medical emergencies, there is also a helicopter for medical evacuations.
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    The present-day Ellis Island was created by retreating glaciers at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation about 15,000 years ago. The island was … See more

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    By the time Ellis Island's immigration station closed, almost 12 million immigrants had been processed by the U.S. Bureau of Immigration. It is estimated that 10.5 million … See more

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    The Ellis Island Medal of Honor is awarded annually to American citizens, both native-born and … See more

    • Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, in Jersey City, the departure point for immigrants heading to points west and south after processing through Ellis Island
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