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Ellis Island a welcome site?
Only after years of reform
Henry P. Guzda
Industrial relations specialist, Bureau of Labor-Management Relations and Cooperative Programs, U.S. Department of Labor
With the reopening of the immigration center as a historic landmark, it may surprise many to learn that the Labor Department operated the complex for years; administrators struggled to end corruption and the exploitation of aliens.
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