In the San Francisco Bay, thousands of flowers ten thousand islands, there is a lack of 188 hectares of the island, it has a beautiful name - Angel Island is 1775 years, a Spanish sailors moored Ayala Here, discovered and named.

Set foot on the island, there is no glitz and hustle, some flowers and verdant, a quiet.

Visitors stroll feel comfortable, pleasant hiking cycling outings, as well as boating beach, thrill-seeking.

Content and not only that, but the island is not superficial, it has a figurative represents past ------immigration detention, a row of two-story structure of wooden houses.

A black stone tablet inscribed with "Do not wander away from home wells custodial huts, an epoch-making venture in the Golden Gate" is a park to commemorate the completion of the painful experiences of Chinese immigrants established the monument.

Cabin a column packed beds, two or three layers, with the height of the sleeper train almost. Narrow aisle between beds, non-sideways can not pass. Pinned on the wall old wood, wood carved on many traditional Chinese characters are trapped in this year's Chinese immigrants written. Hung on the walls of discrimination against immigrants tried the old photos.

Stop huts, visit the ruins, relics looked, I do not seem to see well away from home, drifting to the San Francisco Chinese immigrants were detained for examination of the horrors, but also to associate them to develop entrepreneurial passion.

According to the "Angel Island" historical records, 1848 , the first Chinese man to reach the U.S. West Coast California. Seeing more and more Chinese people across the seas to come here, "Gold Rush", the U.S. Congress in 1882 passed the "Chinese Exclusion Act", from the west coast from the United States began to limit the number of Chinese landing. 1910 Year "Angel Island" began to imprison those trying to enter the United States, Chinese, according to statistics, there are about 17.5 million Chinese people Zengxianhoubei detention awaiting review.

Past all gone.

History did not stop, already transformed.

U.S. immigration policies reflect on past mistakes. Angel Island State Park to become.

Angel Island in San Francisco immigration detention commemorate the centenary ( 2010 years), Obama as president will be the 21st "National Angel Island Day."

And said in a statement: One hundred years ago, many immigrant With yearning for a better life, across the ocean to the United States, the Angel Island immigration detention suffered for months or even years of injustice examine and treat.

Obama also praised Angel Island immigrants into the continental United States for the American society has made an invaluable contribution to the success of the descendants of immigrants in the United States, confirmed here is full of opportunity and hope.

Angel Island in San Francisco, not only places for leisure and fitness, more evoke a profound reflection of immigration detention.