Reflecting the anti-Asian prejudice of the era, the primary goal of the Angel Island facility was often what?

To provide extensive language and vocational training for new arrivals.

To document family histories for genealogical records.

To keep people out, rather than let them in.

To quickly process and integrate immigrants into the American workforce.

How did many immigrants detained at Angel Island leave a lasting record of their experiences of loneliness and discrimination?

By publishing memoirs after being released

By organizing hunger strikes to protest conditions

By carving poetry into the walls of the barracks

By sending letters to U.S. government officials

A lack of sufficient government funding for immigration processing centers on the West Coast.

Prevailing anti-Asian sentiment and prejudice.

The outbreak of a major global conflict that restricted international travel.

Severe language barriers that made basic communication with officials impossible.