Biden’s Immigration Invasion Was Nothing Like the Huddled Masses Coming Through Ellis Island

Confronting Anti-Ellis Island Immigration

By Victor Davis Hanson, The Daily Signal | November 18, 2025 Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million immigrants arrived at the now-iconic Ellis Island to enter the U.S.—or nearly 200,000 legal entries per year. All were registered, documented, and given rudimentary health exams.They arrived as rich and poor, white and non-white, and, without exception, legally.With the gradual decline of such great influxes, Ellis Island finally ceased o…

Biden’s Immigration Invasion Was Nothing Like the Huddled Masses Coming Through Ellis Island

Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million immigrants arrived at the now-iconic Ellis Island to enter the U.S.—or nearly 200,000 legal entries per year. All were registered, documented, and given rudimentary health exams. They arrived as rich and poor, white and non-white, and, without exception, legally. With the gradual decline of such great influxes, Ellis Island finally ceased operating roughly 71 years ago. Yet Ellis Island’s successfu…