Government Lawyer in Elian Case Sues Ashcroft and INS
Diana Alvarez, a Government lawyer in the Elian Gonzales case has sued Ashcroft and the INS for damages, alleging she was a victim of retaliation.
Diana Alvarez claims one of her superiors at the Immigration and Naturalization Service made disparaging comments about Cuban-Americans and deliberately kept her from receiving a good evaluation after she objected to ``anti-Cuban bigotry and discrimination'' during the seven-month custody battle over Elian. ``There was an atmosphere of outward discrimination against Cuban-Americans at the Miami district INS office, discrimination that was fully condoned and many times initiated by management,'' Alvarez, who is Cuban-American, said Tuesday. ``The retaliation is ongoing to this day and there truly seems to be no end in sight.''Alvarez is seeking damages for "employment discrimination, emotional distress and injury to reputation."
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