Arne Petterson, the last alien to leave Ellis Island in the harbor in New York before the closing of the nation's busiest immigration station, waves from the ferry boat Ellis Island, Nov. 12, 1954. Petterson was paroled to an unidentified friend who will sponsor his citizenship. In the past 62 years some 20 million immigrants passed through the station. Petterson is a Norwegian seaman from Narvik. (AP Photo)
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