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1892
When Castle Island, an immigrant depot set up in 1855, could no longer handle the
inflow, Ellis Island took over. “Settlement Houses” were set up in the city to help
those living in squalid tenements, and “Americanization” programs encouraged as-
similation.
1924
Nearly 40 percent of New York's population was foreign-born. U.S. laws set national
quotasonimmigration;GreatBritain'sCaribbeancoloniesbenefitedfromtheBritish
quota and arrived in large numbers.
1965
The Hart-Cellar Act ended discrimination based on national origin; a new wave of
immigration began.
1980s
One million mainly Asian and Latin American
newcomers arrived. The Chinese population
topped 300,000, Koreans became visible ele-
mentsinthecity,andDominicannumbersgrew.
Asian women in a garment factory
in Chinatown
