East Boston Immigration Station
The East Boston Immigration Station was an immigration station in
Massport and leased as a shipyard.[1] It is located directly to the east of the former Bethlehem Atlantic Works
.
At the start of World War II, it was used as a detention center for Japanese, German and Italian immigrants deemed potentially dangerous by the government (many of whom had resided in the United States for decades and despite a lack of evidence proving their supposed risk). Their internment at East Boston was temporary; all were later transferred to more permanent facilities.[2][3]
See also
- Demographics of Boston
References
- ^ a b "East Boston Immigration Station Study Report" (PDF). City of Boston. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ "East Boston" Densho Encyclopedia
- ^ J. Burton, M. Farrell, F. Lord, R. Lord. Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites, "Department of Justice and U.S. Army Facilities: Temporary Detention Sites" Archived 2014-11-06 at the Wayback Machine (National Park Service)