A tour package to the Liberty Island where the statue of Liberty is situated and Ellis island where the National Museum of Immigration is situated is provided by tour operators from New York and New Jersey. The tourists are taken to these islands in large ferries. A tour to America is incomplete without a visit to the Liberty Island. The statue of Liberty is a huge copper statue which was a gift from the French people to America. This massive sculpture designed by the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel and then shipped to America. The Statue of Liberty is a figure of a robed woman holding a torch above her head. The statue is 151 feet tall and the height is 305 feet from the ground to the end of the torch.
The main attraction of Ellis Island is the National Museum of Immigration. America is a land of immigrants. After it was discovered by Columbus in 1492, people from all over Europe including Spain, England and France immigrated to America during the 16th century. From 1892 to 1954, immigration to the United States was controlled by Ellis Island. The history of immigration in the United States is detailed in the National Museum of Immigration. Every aspect of the early life of immigrants have been explained through pictures and charts. From early years there were concerns about migrations among some groups. Detailed figures of illegal immigrants have been described in the chart along with other information. It is said that there are more than two lakh illegal Indian immigrants in America. There is also charts which give a list of languages spoken by them other than English. Some state lists even have Hindi and Gujarat. There are also lists showing the number of Indians who have migrated to each state in America.
