Angel Island Case Analysis

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In conclusion, the Angel Island immigration station brought suffering for all the groups that passed through from the Russian Jews to the Chinese; but the Chinese suffer the brunt of Angel Island’s racialized policies. Chinese has empirically a higher risk and length of detention than any other groups at Angel Island. Russian Jews were only briefly detained on the island but had a higher risk of detention via their proximity to the “Orient”. Racial attitudes at Angel island effect the conduct towards all of the immigrants, especially to the environment of their detention. Chinese had poor quality food, housing, and overall treatment compared to Russian Jewish refugees. Both groups suffered to different degrees at Angel Island, which brought