[tclancy]

>Reminder that people who couldn't work or speak english were sent back at Ellis Island.

Which is why the questions were translated into 39 languages? http://www.essortment.com/requirements-immigrants-ellis-isla... There's nothing in the manifest documentation to suggest this either: http://www.gjenvick.com/Immigration/EllisIsland/1905-02-HowI...

Admittedly, this is the result of 10 seconds of Googling, but I'd like to see some counter-evidence for your claim.

[cmahler7]

I was wrong on english but people were still required to be able to work and not be reliant on government. This included pregnant women and children if they didn't have a husband or father

This was the immigration law at the time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1882