In fact, the picture was taken on a cruise to Europe from America, and for that reason some critics have interpreted it as recording people who were turned away by U.S. Immigration officials and were forced to go back home.
Ve skutečnosti však byl snímek pořízen na cestovní lodi do Evropy, proto jej někteří kritici interpretovali jako záznam lidí, které neakceptovali američtí imigrační úředníci a byli nuceni se vrátit domů.