Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman. Edward Corsi, who later became United States Commissioner of Immigration, was a ten-year-old Italian immigrant when he sailed into New York harbor in 1907: My first impressions of the New World will always remain etched in my memory, particularly that hazy October morning when I first saw Ellis Island. The steamer Florida, fourteen days out of Naples, filled to capacity with 1600 natives of Italy, had weathered one of the worst storms in our captain's memory; and glad we were, both children and grown-ups, to leave the open sea and come at last through the Narrows into the Bay. How does this quotation add credibility to Freedman's line that the voyage was an ordeal, but it was worth it?

The voyage was an ordeal because of the terrible storms they encountered but it was worth it because at last, they arrived at the New World.

Explanation:

The excerpt shows how the United States Commissioner of Immigration, Russell Freedman migrated to the United States when he was just a ten-year-old boy. The voyage from Italy to the New York harbor was not a very smooth one for they encountered terrible storms on their way there.

However, it was worth it for they were filled with gladness when they arrived at the shores of New York and sighted the beautiful city.

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