Ellis Island and Angel Island
- A
Closed in 1850, well before mass European and Asian immigration to America
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Were major immigrant processing stations (Atlantic and Pacific) — Ellis welcomed European immigrants; Angel Island processed (and often detained) Asian immigrants
- C
Were federal prisons for political dissidents and labor radicals on the coasts
- D
Were the same processing station, located on a single island in New York harbor
Explanation
Different treatment reflected discriminatory immigration policies (especially the Chinese Exclusion Act).