Ellis Island, 1902. A young Italian woman arrives on the shores of America, her sights set on a better life. That same day, a young American woman reports to her first day of work at the immigration centre. As the two women face the misdeeds of a system known to manipulate and abuse immigrants searching for new hope in America, they form an unlikely friendship - and share a terrible secret - altering their fates and the lives of the immigrants who come after them.
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