Article: New York and New Jersey battle over who owns Ellis Island.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

ELLIS ISLAND _ With the Manhattan skyline in the background, lawyers for the state of New Jersey hosted a walking tour of this historic island Monday in an effort to show where New York's boundary line ended _ and New Jersey's began _ under an 1834 agreement between the two states.

But even before the tour got under way in the landmark trial over which state has jurisdiction over a big chunk of the island, New York was waging a war of words at the ferry landing, where millions of immigrants once arrived with hopes of new opportunity in America.

``Welcome to Ellis Island, NEW YORK,'' New York Attorney General Dennis Vacco told reporters, vowing to fight for ...

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