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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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Ellis Island, New York's historic immigration gateway for 62 years, closed operations. The last detainees were relocated to the mainland on Friday, with director Edward J. Shaughnessy announcing the end. Future oversight by city, federal agency, or GSA.
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NEW YORK. (UPI) - Ellis Island is closed after serving as the gateway to America for millions of immigrants during the past 62 years.
The tiny island in New York harbor in recent years served chiefly as a place to keep deportees. Immigrant clearance abroad reduced the number detained on the island to almost nothing.
Last Friday the last of 50 persons still detained on the island were moved to the mainland and Edward J. Shaughnessy, district immigration director, said: "Business is closed."
The immigration service will keep a skeleton crew on Ellis. If New York City or some federal agency does not take over within a year, the island will revert to the government's General Services Administration.
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Ellis Island closed after 62 years as gateway for millions of immigrants. In recent years, it mainly held deportees, but immigrant clearance abroad reduced detentions. The last 50 detainees were moved to the mainland, and district immigration director Edward J. Shaughnessy declared business closed. A skeleton crew remains, with potential transfer to New York City, federal agency, or General Services Administration within a year.