| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - About 2 percent were denied admission to the U.S. and sent back to their countries of origin for reasons such as having a chronic contagious disease, criminal background, or insanity.[24] Ellis Island was sometimes known as ???The Island of Tears??? or ???Heartbreak Island???[25] because of those 2% who were not admitted after the long transatlantic voyage.
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