Global Immigration

What does it mean to become American? In interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, Bill Moyers explores this question through the experience of the Chinese in America.

Immigrants of every background recall their extraordinary adventures, from the treacherous passage across the sea to the start of a new life in a new land.

The Ellis Island hospital was at once welcoming and foreboding: immigrants nursed to health were allowed entry to America, but those deemed feeble of body or mind were deported.