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===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> Rees decried the pre-dawn raid that resulted in Elián's capture by immigration agents. The whole case was, he said, a triumph for Cuban President [[Fidel Castro]]. "Castro has actually been able to turn the Elián issue to his advantage across a broad field of ways." When asked why the nominally Republican Congress did not rise up against the seizure of Elián, presumably against the boy's wishes, to communist governance, Reese cited public opinion polls: "Had the polls suggested that 70 or 80 percent of the people were appalled by the pre-dawn raid in Miami, you would have seen a different reaction in Congress."<ref name=cubanet>{{cite web|url=https://www.cubanet.org/htdocs//CNews/y00/jun00/23e1.htm|title=Illegal Elián |publisher=''[[The American Spectator]]''|author=Byron York|date=June 2000|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> Rees decried the pre-dawn raid that resulted in Elián's capture by immigration agents. The whole case was, he said, a triumph for Cuban President [[Fidel Castro]]. "Castro has actually been able to turn the Elián issue to his advantage across a broad field of ways." When asked why the nominally Republican Congress did not rise up against the seizure of Elián, presumably against the boy's wishes, to communist governance, Reese cited public opinion polls: "Had the polls suggested that 70 or 80 percent of the people were appalled by the pre-dawn raid in Miami, you would have seen a different reaction in Congress."<ref name=cubanet>{{cite web|url=https://www.cubanet.org/htdocs//CNews/y00/jun00/23e1.htm|title=Illegal Elián |publisher=''The American Spectator'' through Cubanet.com|author=Byron York|date=June 2000|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
Rees said that he was stunned when he learned that the number of federal agents who participated in "Operation Reunion," the raid to seize Elián from his great uncle's home in Miami, included a total of 151 persons, 131 from the INS and 20 from the United States Marshal's office.<ref name=cubanet/>
Rees said that he was stunned when he learned that the number of federal agents who participated in "Operation Reunion," the raid to seize Elián from his great uncle's home in Miami, included a total of 151 persons, 131 from the INS and 20 from the United States Marshal's office.<ref name=cubanet/>