I think that they were scared but excited for the new opportunity. They were standing into a whole new world to them. Some of their hopes were probably getting a second chance, a better life, and a better home. Maybe better farmland, better food, better laws, and better people.Some of their fears were probably that they wouldn't get to stay, that they would have to go back. Some were probably afraid that they would not make it on the trip to Ellis Island. Maybe that they wouldn't get through the security and the doctors. But mainly, I think that the immigrants hoped for their families.