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...remains an unlikely scenario. "Government caution has created many openings for the Miami relatives and their supporters to delay the process," says Padgett. "If they lose in the courts, the Miami family may again try to appeal to Congress to come up with some device, such as granting Elian citizenship or issuing a congressional subpoena, although if they've lost in court, Congress may be much less enthusiastic about supporting them...
...with his guardian's wishes. A decision may come within a week, but even that may not bring the matter to a close. "If they lose in the courts, the Miami family may again try to appeal to Congress to come up with some device, such as granting Elian citizenship," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett. "If they've lost in court, Congress would be much less enthusiastic about supporting them. But the government wants to be as cautious as possible about how they proceed to send Elian home, and that creates many openings for the Miami relatives...
Although he worked hard as a kid--Andrade has worked 60 to 70 hours ever since he was 15--his family still faced anti-immigrant prejudice, leading him to seek American citizenship...
...census occurs once every 10 years, as mandated by the Constitution. Its purpose is to provide a complete count of all individuals living in America, regardless of race, age, nationality or citizenship status...
...long, long time from March to November. By fall, George W. Bush and Al Gore will be gasping for breath and suffering from third-degree media-burn, and we will all be so sick of the two of them that we will consider giving up our citizenship. We will fitfully tune politics in and out. Will the networks bother to cover the conventions? Mom, when will we be there...