After meeting with Juan Miguel Gonzalez, Attorney General Janet Reno announces that U.S. officials will move to transfer Elian to his father. April 12. 2000. Reno meets with Elian's relatives in ...
Dec 07, 2016 · MIAMI (AP) – Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and the epicenter of several political storms during the …
Legislative Attorney. American Law Division. Summary. The controversial and often impassioned immigration case of Elian Gonzalez ended. the afternoon of June 28, 2000, when the six-year old Cuban boy returned home with his. father. Elian’s departure occurred seven months after the shipwrecked boy was brought.
Trying to delay the seemingly inevitable devastating goodbye, Elian’s Miami family requests that Elian’s father, Juan Gonzalez, meet them in Miami instead of in Washington, free from any pressure of the Castro government, to discuss Elian’s future. Attorney General Janet Reno travels to Miami, and sets a deadline of 18:00 the following day for Elian to be turned over to his …
In 1993, Clinton tapped her to become the first woman to lead the Justice Department after his first two choices — also women — were withdrawn because both had hired illegal immigrants as nannies. Reno was 54.
Her late brother Robert Reno was a longtime columnist for Newsday on Long Island. After graduating from Cornell University with a degree in chemistry, Reno became one of 16 women in Harvard Law School's Class of 1963.
She was known for deliberating slowly, publicly and in a typically blunt manner. Reno frequently told the public "the buck stops with me," borrowing the mantra from President Harry S. Truman.
Reno died from complications of Parkinson's disease, her goddaughter Gabrielle D'Alemberte said. D'Alemberte said Reno spent her final days at home in Miami surrounded by family and friends.
Five-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez, captures American hearts when he’s found alone, clinging to an inner tube, floating in choppy waters three miles off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. After learning that his mother, step-father and others on the raft tragically drowned in their desperate attempt to escape communist Cuba, ...
Elian Gonzalez Found at Sea. Five-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez, captures American hearts when he’s found alone, clinging to an inner tube, floating in choppy waters three miles off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. After learning that his mother, step-father and others on the raft tragically drowned in their desperate attempt ...
Pic 14: Back in Cuba: Elian Gonzalez, inside the car, waves to his schoolmates after his arrival in Cuba, June 28, 2000 at Jose Marti Airport in Havana. Elian’s return brings to an end the dramatic saga that began with the 6-year-old’s rescue off the coast of Florida seven months ago.
Alan Diaz, a photographer for the Associated Press, captured a dramatic image of the moment in a photograph that won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. Elián was flown to Washington, D.C., immediately and reunited with his father. They subsequently returned to Cuba and were greeted with great fanfare.
Andrew Cuomo, the 56th governor of New York, is the son of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo and brother of news anchor Chris Cuomo . He formerly served as New York's attorney general and U.S. secretary of HUD.