Angel Island and Asian immigration are forever linked: Let's not forget the writings on the wall (San Francisco Chronicle)

April 7, 2021

By Richard Lui
I never met my grandfather, Lui Lee. First name Lee. Last name Lui. He came to the United States as a teenager, having grown up as a poor farmer in Southern China. His family saved up money so their son could go to the golden mountain — America. When he passed through the foggy Golden Gate strait of San Francisco on the SS Asia in the early 1900s — the big red bridge wouldn’t be built until decades later — just the choppy, cold waters of the bay greeted him. He hit landfall at the U.S. Immigration Station at Angel Island. (read more)