My grand parents entered through Ellis , every year they registered with the government as was requiered by the law.Why did they come? Gee thats a good quiestion. To work! Legaly,Their off springs lived through the depression, some of them have served in the military in all the wars, likeWW11, korea, viet nam, and now in the gulf.A few are doctors, some are teachers, nurses,policemen, and many are graduates of universitys, but the main thing is the grand parents followed the law, registered, and later became legal citizens with ho intention of ever going back to the old country. Their allegiance was to america,only.