The Promised Land

It's all too easy to be an immigrant these days. Somehow simply getting off the plane at O'Hare didn't do it for me, so this weekend I returned to New York to try the Ellis Island experience instead. It was interesting to see that it hadn't changed at all.
People of all nationalities desperate to be in America still line up to board the boats....
The crossing can be rough. Days with nothing to eat but overpriced unhealthy snacks..
Land ahoy - we were all full of hope as we reached Ellis Island.
And very grand it was too.
We bundled into the Registry to have our names taken and papers checked.
This is what I suspected all along. In order to become an American citizen, you have to eat a burger.