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In 1962, the Justice Department prosecuted journalist William Worthy for returning from a reporting trip to Cuba without a passport, invoking a little‑used provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Worthy, a Black correspondent with Nieman and Ford Foundation fellowships, was singled out despite dozens of white Americans reentering the country passport‑free for various reasons. The case occurred under President John F. Kennedy and highlighted the government’s willingness to enforce the law selectively. Worthy, who had previously traveled to China in 1957 against a U.S. travel ban, was one of the most distinguished international correspondents of his era.

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