Angel Island Immigration Station

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf deportation
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces December 14, 1971
gptkbp:architecturalStyle utilitarian
gptkbp:closed November 5, 1940
fire damage
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:fireModes August 12, 1940
gptkbp:hasExhibit gptkb:artifacts
oral histories
photographs
detention barracks
immigrant poetry
immigration documents
gptkbp:hasGuidedTours yes
gptkbp:hasVisitorCenter gptkb:Angel_Island_Immigration_Museum
gptkbp:heritageDesignation December 9, 1997
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Angel Island Immigration Station
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:California
gptkb:San_Francisco_Bay
gptkbp:location gptkb:Angel_Island
gptkbp:maximumDetentionPeriod several years
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Ellis_Island_of_the_West
gptkbp:notableFor detaining Chinese immigrants
poetry carved on walls
gptkbp:numberOfImmigrantsProcessed over 500,000
gptkbp:opened January 21, 1910
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Angel_Island_State_Park
gptkbp:processedImmigrantsFrom gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:China
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:India
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:South_America
other Asian countries
gptkbp:purpose immigration processing
gptkbp:restored 1970s
gptkbp:significance Asian American history
Chinese Exclusion Act enforcement
immigration policy history
gptkbp:status historic site
gptkbp:touristAttraction yes
gptkbp:website https://www.aiisf.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Angel_Island
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5