The Exclusion and Detention of Aliens: Lessons from the Lives of Ellen Knauff and Ignatz Mezei

Abstract

In August 1994, thousands of Cuban citizens put to sea in a flotilla of rafts, hoping to reach the United States.'Many did, and were released into our country under long-standing practices. 2Faced with a rising number of refugees, the Clinton Administration instituted a policy of detention.'Those who managed to reach our shores would be confined in detention centers in the United States; others would be interdicted on the high seas and held at the United States Naval Base at Guantinamo Bay, Cuba and, for a time, at U.S. facilities in Panama. 4 While our government clearly needed to * The heart of this Article is the story of two people, Ellen Knauff and Ignatz Mezei.

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