" Balanced account of the workings of America's east coast emigration checkpoint--amongst the eugenics fads, Antisemitism, classism, misogyny and corruption, there were also dedicated reformers who treated New Americans with kindness and dignity. Includes many small anecdotes, including that Fiorello LaGuardia paid for a night-school law degree (and probably started his political network) while working as a translator in Croatian, Yiddish and Italian at Ellis Island. "
— Margaret, 1/18/2014