this wing you're heading into is actually the legal wing of ellis ooild island at the time period. there were actually four operating courtrooms in this area at one time. offices were here for lawyers. there were detention rooms for those who would be detained in some way. many of the items on this desk are up are authentic from our collections. they tried to create what inspectors' desks would look like. there are three inspectors seatsed here, and they are your judges. each of them will hear and -- will hear your case as they will ask you important questions. a stenographer would be here to keep minutes of the case and an interpreter would be here to help the inspectors understand the words of the immigrants as they pleaded their cases. immigrants were not allowed to have a lawyer in this first hearing. they had to plead their own case. oftentimes there would be members of what were called immigrant aid societies, groups that had been set up by specific ethnic groups to help people of their background to get through this process here on ellis island and they could serve as an int