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during these years approximatley 37 million emigrants the greatest influx ever entered the U.S.
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congress creates the emigration and naturalization service or the INS
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Ellis Island opens
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The INS opens an emigration screening station at Ellis Island
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Ellis Island is open as a screening station for incoming emigrants
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congress passes the emigration act of 1917 enlarging the classes of aliens excludable from the U.S.
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congress establishes a quota system regulating the number of emigrants who enter the U.S. each year
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