Doris Meissner
Doris Meissner
Doris Marie Meissner is a former Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the agency previously responsible for immigration enforcement in the United States. She headed the INS from October 18, 1993to November 18, 2000, under United States President Bill Clinton and United States Attorney General Janet Reno. She is currently Senior Fellow and Director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute and has previously worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace...
clear father returned soon wants
The father made it very clear that he wants Elian returned to him as soon as possible,
option prepared
That is not an option I'm prepared to entertain, ... There is no place for an arbitration panel.
decision legally
It is the right decision legally and it is the right decision morally.
prepared
That told us we had to be prepared for anything.
belongs
This little boy, who has been through so much, belongs with his father.
space
They need more space and they need more privacy.
situation
So we have now a situation where we're in a different demographic.
blind continuing flow mistake workers
The mistake (in 1986) was being blind to the need for a continuing flow of workers into the economy.
again april firm
It was my firm conviction, then and now, that we did the right thing on April 22, and we are doing it again today,