Why did the U.S. government open Ellis Island?
A) It needed an outpost to house immigrants before scheduled deportation.
B) The federal government wanted to ease prison overcrowding, so they used Ellis Island as a prison solely for criminal immigrants.
C) It was needed as a place on which to construct the Statue of Liberty.
D) It was a tourist site designed to show visitors how immigrants came to the United States.
E) It was part of a federal effort to take charge of admitting immigrants to the country in light of the corruption that afflicted the city of New York's system.
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