Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island. The eugenics movement coincided with one of the greatest eras in U.S. immigration. During the first two decades of the 20th century, 600,000-1,250,000 immigrants per year entered the country through Ellis Island. (DNAi location: Chronicle > Threat of the Unfit > Threats)

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