US PORTS OF ENTERY

First, don't type in all capital letters, people on-line react to it as if you were shouting--they don't like it. Second, "entery" is not a word in English. Finally, it depends on what you mean by entry--do you mean of goods (in which case there were many, many ports of entry), or do you mean for the entry of immigrants?

US PORTS OF ENTERY
try again in the usa in 1920 where were the places of entry to the us for person coming from other countries?

Theorectically, an immigrant could enter the United States at any point which was provided with immigration officers. In practice, however, they were directed to certain selected entry points. For immigrants from Europe, that would have been Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and, to a much lesser extent, Charleston and New Orleans. Far and away, the most immigrants arrived in New York. Those who landed in other ports were those whose application for admission had been processed in the home country before sailing for the United States. In 1920, that wasn't very many people, and almost all European immigrants arrived at Ellis Island, which was, sort of, in New York.

There is an island at the mouth of the Hudson River, which was enlarged for the purpose of building the immigration center there, and it is known as Ellis Island. The original, natural island lies in New York, and is treated by the city and state of New York as a part of the borough of Manhattan. The larger portion, created by landfill, lies in New Jersey, and is treated by New Jersey as a part of Jersey City. Nevertheless, it was the main point of entry for the United States and new immigrants who were allowed to enter were ferried to New York city. The immigration center at Ellis Island operated, roughly, from 1890 to 1950 (or a few years after). In 1924, an immigration quota act took effect, and immigrants were processed at United States embassies, legations and consulates in their home countries, and were free thereafter to land in whatever port the steamship company took them to.

Ellis Island was used only for refugees and displaced people after 1924. Ellis Island is now under the authority of the National Park Service. Click here to visit the National Park Service official site for Ellis Island. You can probably find more information by doing a web search for "Ellis Island."

By the way, your question does not just ask about Europeans, so i have not given you a complete answer. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited people originating in China from entering the United States--in practice this was applied to nearly every Asian other than Japanese. In 1908, the governments of Japan and the United States concluded an agreement to prevent "working age" men from Japan entering the United States. Thereafter, the only Japanese who entered the United States were the elderly (those beyond "working age"); "picture brides," Japanese women who were chosen from picture albums by Japanese men already legally living in the United States who would then pay for the woman's passage to the United States, where she was required to marry the man (or someone), or be deported; or the children of Japanese adults already legally residing in the United States.

Those who came legally in that period arrived at Los Angeles (through the port of Long Beach). In practice, however, a great many Japanese, and to a lesser extent, Chinese, entered the United States in Hawaii, which was a territory of the United States. Until 1890, immigration was controlled by the States, and not the Federal Government. Hawaii provided a convenient entry port because as a territory, it was lax about administering immigration policy, and cheap labor was needed for sugar cane fields and fruit production fields. From Hawaii, it was much easier to smuggle people into any west coast port.

Officially, no Chinese, Japanese or other Asians were entering the United States in 1920. In addition to the exclusion agreements and laws, many states had laws prohibiting "miscegenation," or the marriage of people of different races. This would make it illegal for non-Asians to marry Asians, and one act of Congress nullified the American citizenship of any woman who married an Asian. It was not until after the Second World War that these laws were cancelled or repealed. Asian immigration to the United States did not resume on an ordinary basis until after 1949.

boston port of entry for the usa
now the big question is there a way of checking out who came in at the boston port of entry like you can at ellis island
i'm trying to see what ship my father came on and the date


thanks for the good reply on my question

If your father entered the United States in 1920, via Boston, he would have had to have completed his paperwork in an American embassy, consulate or legation in the country of his origin--because otherwise he would not have been permitted entry in Boston, and would have been obliged to enter at Ellis Island. Therefore, you should contact the United States State Department.