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Rees was born in [[New Orleans]], the first of twelve children<ref name=fedso/> to a [[Roman Catholic]] couple, Grover Joseph Rees, II (1927-2008), and the former Patricia Byrne (1927-2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32790843/grover-joseph-rees|title=Maj. Grover Joseph Rees, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nndb.com/people/917/000128533/|title=Grover Rees|publisher=Nndb.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> His father was in the military; so the family traveled around a great deal. His paternal grandparents, Grover Rees, I (1891-1994), and the former Consuelo Broussard (1889-2003, both of whom lived past the age of one hundred, made their home in Breaux Bridge in St. Martin Parish,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147781291/grover-joseph-rees|title=Grover Joseph Reese, I|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> and Rees spent many of his summers there. In 1976, the senior Rees, a graduate of [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and the [[Harvard]] Law Center, penned ''A Narrative History of Breaux Bridge, Once Called 'La Pointe.'''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-History-Breaux-Bridge-Called/dp/B0006WDGVW|title=A Narrative History of Breaux Bridge, Once Called 'La Pointe'''|publisher=Amazon.com|date=January 1, 1976|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref>

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Rees, III, obtained his undergraduate degree from [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven]], [[Connecticut]], at which he served in the Yale Political Union. In 1978, Reese graduated from LSU's [[Paul M. Hebert]] Law School, at which he was a member of the academic honor society Order of the Coif. From 1978 to 1979, he was a law clerk to then-Associate Justice [[Albert Tate, Jr.]], of the Louisiana Supreme Court.<ref name=ourcampaigns>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=88462 title=Rees, II, Grover J.|publisher=Ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He speaks [[France|French]], [[Spanish]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]], and Samoan.<ref name=fedso/>

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Rees, III, obtained his undergraduate degree from [[Yale University]] in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], at which he served in the Yale Political Union. In 1978, Reese graduated from LSU's [[Paul M. Hebert]] Law School, at which he was a member of the academic honor society Order of the Coif. From 1978 to 1979, he was a law clerk to then-Associate Justice [[Albert Tate, Jr.]], of the Louisiana Supreme Court.<ref name=ourcampaigns>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=88462 title=Rees, III, Grover J.|publisher=Ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He speaks [[France|French]], [[Spanish]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]], and Samoan.<ref name=fedso/>

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Rees was Chief Justice of the High Court of [[American Samoa]] from 1986 to 1991, having served under appointment of both Presidents [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald W. Reagan]] and [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?groverrees|title=Grover Rees, III|publisher=[[C-SPAN)|date=November 7, 1987|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He is also a former legislative aide to Representative [[Chris Smith|Christopher H. Smith]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from [[Trenton]], [[New Jersey]], and a leader of anti-[[abortion]] forces in the [[United States House of Representatives] since 1981. Rees shares Smith's anti-abortion position.

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Rees furthermore is a strong defender of [[human rights]] in foreign policy. From 1995 to 2001, he was the staff director and chief counsel of the U.S. House Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights. <ref name=ourcampaigns/> American Samoa, where Rees was stationed for five years, became a landmark case in the United States' prosecution of human trafficking—the international practice of forcing people into servitude, [[slavery]], peonage, [[child labor]], or the sex industry. In that role, Rees warned that anyone who exploits workers would face legal consequences in the United States. "If you're going to traffic women and men to slave-like situations, you better not do it in a place under the American flag," he said. As a congressional aide, Rees helped to draft the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.

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Rees furthermore is a strong defender of [[human rights]] in foreign policy. From 1995 to 2001, he was the staff director and chief counsel of the U.S. House Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights. <ref name=ourcampaigns/> American Samoa, where Rees was stationed for five years, became a landmark case in the United States' prosecution of human trafficking—the international practice of forcing people into servitude, [[slavery]], peonage, child labor, or the sex industry. In that role, Rees warned that anyone who exploits workers would face legal consequences in the United States. "If you're going to traffic women and men to slave-like situations, you better not do it in a place under the American flag," he said. As a congressional aide, Rees helped to draft the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.

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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 "Joseph has always been passionate about standing up for the rights of oppressed peoples.

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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 "Joseph has always been passionate about standing up for the rights of oppressed peoples.

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==The Elián González affair==

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==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>

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