Read the responsibilities that were required of clerks from the "Immigrant Inspector” section of "The Workers of Ellis Island.”

- Conducted face-to-face interviews with every foreigner
- Verified immigrants’ answers by checking them against answers given at the port of exit
- Needed to make sure that the person entering was not a member of a class not permitted under US immigration laws

(These details all relate to the central idea that the immigrant inspectors at Ellis Island .)