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He was general counsel to the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]], then part of the [[United States Department of Justice]], from 1991 to 1993,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.lsu.edu/news/2006/08/03/east-timor-ambassador-addresses-lsu-law-students/|title=East Timor Ambassador Addresses LSU Law Students|date=August 3, 2006|publisher=Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> in the administration of the first President Bush. He stayed at the INS briefly after the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Bill Clinton]] assumed the presidency, but when Clinton "turned back a boatload of Chinese refugees in [[California]] and sent them back to [[China]], the president had Joseph's resignation on his desk the next day," said his mother, Patricia Rees, who added that Rees "has always been passionate about standing up for the rights of oppressed peoples."
He was general counsel to the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]], then part of the [[United States Department of Justice]], from 1991 to 1993,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.lsu.edu/news/2006/08/03/east-timor-ambassador-addresses-lsu-law-students/|title=East Timor Ambassador Addresses LSU Law Students|date=August 3, 2006|publisher=Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> in the administration of the first President Bush. He stayed at the INS briefly after the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Bill Clinton]] assumed the presidency, but when Clinton "turned back a boatload of Chinese refugees in [[California]] and sent them back to [[China]], the president had Joseph's resignation on his desk the next day," said his mother, Patricia Rees, who added that Rees "has always been passionate about standing up for the rights of oppressed peoples."
==The Elián González affair==
===The Elián González affair===
His view of human rights led Rees to support a full hearing to determine whether Elián González (born 1993) should remain with relatives in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], or be returned to communist [[Cuba]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mrdowling.com/710-elian.html |title=The Elián González Affair = The Fight for a Five-Year-Old|publisher=Mr.dowling.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
His view of human rights led Rees to support a full hearing to determine whether Elián González (born 1993) should remain with relatives in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], or be returned to communist [[Cuba]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mrdowling.com/710-elian.html |title=The Elián González Affair = The Fight for a Five-Year-Old|publisher=Mr.dowling.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref>