The majority of immigrants who passed through California’s immigration station, Angel Island, were from China and Japan—and tens of thousands of them were detained there. A sweeping view of ...

But hidden in plain sight is a remnant of a time when California wasn’t so welcoming to immigrants. It’s a historic landmark that many Bay Area residents and visitors don’t realize exists on the ...

Chinese women and children under 12 were held together at Angel Island Immigration Station (Courtesy of the California Historical Society). The rounds of interrogations that followed were intense ...

The U.S. Immigration Station, Angel Island, is a National Historic Landmark located within Angel Island State Park in San Francisco Bay. From 1910 to 1940, the station processed nearly a million ...

“It’s one of the best kept secrets in California,” says McDonogh ... which helps support the park along with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. The Angel Island app provides ...

He and California State Parks' staff, like Casey Dexter-Lee, are stewards of American history at the Angel Island Immigration Station, which was used as a detention center in the early 1900s.

“Border Surveillance: Places, People, and Technology” will be on view through late May in collaboration with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and California State Park ...