#309: 06-01-00 STATEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO ON TODAY'S RULING IN THE ELIAN GONZALEZ CASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AG THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2000 (202) 616-2777 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TDD (202) 514-1888 STATEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO ON TODAY'S RULING IN THE ELIAN GONZALEZ CASE WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Janet Reno issued the following statement on the ruling by the 11^th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Elian Gonzalez case. "I am pleased that the Court of Appeals has upheld the decision of the INS. We have said all along that Elian belongs with his father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez. Today's ruling affirms that view." ### 00-309