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| Jun 15, 2000 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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20 More Innocent Bystanders and Peaceful Protesters Included In Lawsuits For Civil Rights Violations (Washington, DC) Today, Judicial Watch enlarged its legal actions against Attorney General Janet Reno, Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, and Immigration and Naturalization Commissioner Doris Meissner concerning the illegal, unconstitutional and "Nazi-like" raid on the home in the Little Havana neighborhood of the relatives of Elian Gonzalez. Previously, Judicial Watch had brought suit on behalf of Donato Dalrymple, "the Fisherman" who pulled Elian from the sea and saved his life, and a few other individuals who were gassed, beaten, threatened, and had guns shoved in their face amidst screams of profanity by INS agents and other Clinton-Gore Justice Department personnel. As a result of the new lawsuits being brought today, Judicial Watch is representing virtually the entire Little Havana neighborhood that was subjected to Reno's, Holder's, and Meissner's totalitarian tactics, who effectively kidnaped Elian Gonzalez in order that the Clinton-Gore Administration could make good on its end of the apparent deal with Fidel Castro. In recent days, through another Judicial Watch lawsuit, the public interest law firm has uncovered, through documentation, a plan of collaboration between the Clinton-Gore Administration and Communist Cuba, whereby decisions to remove the boy from his Miami relatives and send him back to Cuba were not made on the merits. In this regard, Judicial Watch will be filing amicus briefs with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit supporting the legal efforts of Elian Gonzalez's Miami relatives to overturn the Court's decision of June 1, 2000. A press conference will be held today at 12 o'clock noon (EDT) on the Courthouse Steps of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami. The public is welcome to attend. |
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