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}}}>Begin http://www.judicialwatch.org/printer_1716.shtml For Immediate Release Apr 11, 2002Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 BUSH/ASHCROFT REWARDED MIAMI INS DIRECTOR WITH PROMOTION TO REGIONAL DIRECTOR POSITION Robert Wallis Admits �Proudest Moment of His Life� Was When INS Agent Held Shotgun To Peaceful Protester�s Head During Illegal Raid On Elian Gonzalez�s Family Home In Miami�s �Little Havana� (Miami) Judicial Watch, the public interest law firm that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse, took the sworn testimony of Robert Wallis today, wherein the former Miami INS director revealed that he was selected for promotion to Regional INS Director and transferred to Texas in April 2001, under the Bush Administration and Attorney General John Ashcroft. Wallis admitted, under examination by Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman, that the �proudest moment of his life� was captured in an Associated Press photograph of INS Supervisory Special Agent Gwenn Reed holding a shotgun to the head of a prone and �spread-eagle� protestor � Mario Miranda � during the illegal INS raid to return young Elian Gonzalez to Communist Cuba. Mr. Miranda is a retired Miami police officer and was responsible for safety and security around the Gonzalez home. Wallis� testimony came during a Merit Systems Protection Board hearing for INS whistleblower and Judicial Watch client Rick Ramirez. Mr. Ramirez �blew the whistle� on anti-Cuban and anti-Hispanic bigotry in the Miami INS office, as well as INS supervisors� orders to destroy all documents and computer records concerning the Elian Gonzalez saga. Earlier testimony from INS attorney Diana Alvarez confirmed that the orders to destroy documents and records came from INS Commissioner Doris Meissner. Wallis confirmed that he was aware of Mr. Ramirez�s whistleblower disclosures, and of the pervasive anti-Cuban and anti-Hispanic bigotry in the Miami INS office. Judicial Watch, as counsel for Special Agent Ramirez, has made repeated requests for over one year to Attorney General Ashcroft, asking that he take action in this matter. �It is shocking that rather than take steps to clean out the Miami office of anti- Cuban and Hispanic prejudice, that instead Ashcroft and his Bush administration rewarded, with a promotion, the district director responsible for the prejudice. This shows insensitivity to the rights of Hispanics,� stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. � Copyright 1997-2002, Judicial Watch, Inc. 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