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...even political realities must bow to the Constitution. Although Clinton had found a middle route that displeased just enough people to ensure its passage, there was never any guarantee that the "new" policy would withstand a constitutional challenge--Janet Reno warned him of this risk in July...
Some officials of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the State Department are upset over Attorney General JANET RENO'S recent decision to override policy and admit to the U.S. eight Cubans whose boat sank off the coast of Mexico. A Justice Department spokesman confirms that Reno personally decided to admit the refugees because their story moved her but insists it was a onetime exception. Sources say ins acting commissioner Chris Sale acceded reluctantly, fearing the decision capriciously discriminated against other would-be immigrants with stories no less tragic. Critics say Reno's decision has encouraged a flood of Cubans...
Attorney General Janet Reno said the Justice Department will not fight the return of John Demjanjuk to the U.S. She added, however, that prosecutors will seek to deport the retired Cleveland autoworker again, for while new information suggests that he is not "Ivan the Terrible," as formerly accused, there is evidence that Demjanjuk did serve in a Nazi concentration camp...
Attorney General Janet Reno linked arms with the Rev. Jesse Jackson; Coretta Scott King appeared with her four children; and tens of thousands took to the streets of Washington last Saturday in commemoration of Martin Luther King's historic march 30 years ago. Said n.a.a.c.p. executive director Ben Chavis: "The color of your skin still limits your chances in society. Dr. King's dream still remains unfulfilled...
Although that suspicion was not new, Attorney General Janet Reno had decided two months ago that there was not enough evidence against Sheik Abdel Rahman. When New York politicians angrily protested against letting him walk around free, the best Reno and U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White could think of was to arrest him on a charge of violating immigration laws. Federal authorities say no startling piece of new evidence or major new witness knitted their case together. Rather, they assert, good police work did it: the sifting and analysis of many bits of information gradually filled out a picture...