Nowadays, Angel Island is no longer used as a fort for military purposes. It now serves two purposes both to the general public. It acts as a tourist attraction. Where tourists can take a ferry from the SF Bay to the island and can explore the island. The island has locations set open for tourists where they can have picnics, barbeques, and camping. Furthermore the island also has a museum where tourists can enter and explore. Also, there are many baracks in the island from its Fort Mcdowell days, and for a fee, a guided tour of them are offered. The Island's more important purpose however, is its immigration station. Now called the Immigration Station, after it was decommissioned as a fort, immigration was its most important purpose. In the past, it was used to detain the Chinese immigrants for, days , weeks, months, and sometimes even years at a time.
-Andrew Yu
Sources:
http://angelisland.org/history/united-states-immigration-station-usis/tours/
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/ca/
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