Read Edward Corsi's quotation from the book Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman.
The writer Angelo Pellegrini has recalled his own family's
detention at Ellis Island:
We lived there for three days - Mother and we five
children, the youngest of whom was three years
old. Because of the rigorous physical examination
that we had to submit to, particularly of the eyes,
there was this terrible anxiety that one of us might
be rejected. And if one of us was, what would the
rest of the family do?
This quotation adds credibility to the text because
O his mother lived on Ellis Island with her children, and
their experience agrees with Freedman's statement
that families were separated.
O he lived at Ellis Island for three days, and his
experience agrees with Freedman's statement that
families were afraid of the health examinations,
he was a writer who wrote about Ellis Island and
described the feelings an immigrant might have during
the physical exams.
O he lived at Ellis Island for three days, and his
experience shows that immigrants actually were not
very fearful of the health examinations.
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