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| Jul 20, 2000 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Second Coming of Cuban Baseball Star Huge "Embarrassment" to Bill, Hillary and Fidel (Washington, D.C.) Cuban defector and baseball star Andy Morales hit another homerun this week when he landed on U.S. soil off the Marquesas Islands near Key West, Florida. Unfortunately, the threat of being sent back to a repressive dictatorship by the Clinton-Gore administration looms over his new found freedom. Elian Gonzales, the Cuban boy found adrift off the Cuban coast, was denied an asylum hearing earlier this year and was shipped back to Castro. Under the Clinton-Gore Administration, any Cuban that reaches U.S. soil is only granted a one year permission to stay in the U.S. generally pending adjudication of an asylum hearing (except in the case of Elian). Thus the right to stay is not guaranteed, making a mockery of the American tradition of being the refuge for those escaping repression. "The Clinton-Gore administration has ignored U.S. law and fundamental human concerns whenever it is politically and personally expedient to do so," said Larry Klayman, Chairman and General Counsel of Judicial Watch. "One can only hope that Mr. Morales will not become another sacrificial lamb in the Clinton-Gore administration's efforts to reestablish ties with the Castro government...no matter the cost," added Tom Fitton, President of Judicial Watch. Judicial Watch recently filed an EEOC complaint against the Baltimore Orioles and its owner, Peter Angelos over their stated policy to not hire Cuban defectors. The Orioles' policy came in the wake of exhibition games between the Orioles and the Cuban national team. At Judicial Watch prompting, Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig, is investigating the matter as are members of Congress. |
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