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Ellis Island officially opened as an immigration station on January 1, 1892. Seventeen-year-old Annie Moore, from County Cork, Ireland was the first immigrant to be processed at the new federal immigration depot.
During the busiest year of operation, 1907, over 1 million people were processed at Ellis Island. With Americaâs entrance into World War I, immigration declined and Ellis Island was used as a detention center for suspected enemies.