Port of Galveston immigration immigration station at Galveston was damaged by storms in 1915 and 1916. It was then moved to 21st Street. WW1 caused a great reduction to the number of immigrants entering in the Port of Galveston. The immigration center was eventually destroyed in 1972. However, the impact of the immigrants entering Texas and the American southwest, particularly the Jewish immigrant population, was due largely in part to the Galveston port. Port of Galveston immigration The Port of Galveston, in Galveston, Texas, was the gateway for tens of thousands of immigrants to the Southwest of United States as an immigrant inspection station.
History of Galveston, Texas feet near the Bay (1904–1910). Despite attempts to draw new investment to the city after the hurricane, Galveston has never fully returned to its previous levels of national importance or prosperity. Development was also hindered by the construction of the Houston Ship Channel, which brought the Port of Houston into direct competition with the natural harbor of the Port of Galveston for sea traffic. To further her recovery, and rebuild her population, Galveston actively solicited immigration. Through the efforts of Rabbi Henry Cohen and Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston became the focus of an immigration plan called the Galveston Movement that,