1986 - PATRICIA LARA (Columbian Journalist)


Patricia Lara was invited to attend the Maria Moors Cabot Awards at her alma mater, Columbia University, where she received a Masters in Journalism in 1980. After arriving at JFK airport, she was detained and questioned by INS officials after they found her name on the "Lookout List." In recounting her interrogation, Lara said the officials asked if she "had written things against the U.S. government." The State Department claimed she was excluded based on suspicion of communist, subversive, or terrorist activity.