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...family feud over Cuban boat boy Elian Gonzalez is now taking place on American soil. Both of the six-year-old's grandmothers flew in to New York Friday and came out swinging against their relatives in Miami who're fighting to keep their grandson in the U.S. "I have heard people say that it was the will of the mother that Elian be in the U.S., but I know her better than anyone," said Raquel Rodriguez, mother of Elian's late mother. "If she made that trip it was because she had a person living with...
...Elian Gonzalez battle may hurt Miami's Cuban exile leadership even if they win. The six-year-old boy's Miami relatives on Wednesday petitioned a federal court for political asylum for Elian, but in order to get their day in court they'll have to convince a judge that they speak for the boy. "They're trying to convince a federal judge that the boy would be in danger if he's returned to live in a communist society, and that the boy's father - who wants him back in Cuba - is speaking under duress," says TIME's Miami...
...Like the Confederates at Gettysburg, however, the exile activists may have chosen to fight on terrain more favorable to their enemies. Fidel Castro has used Cuban anger at Elian's plight to shore up his own regime, and gains whether Elian returns home or stays in Miami. The prospects may be reversed for the Miami leadership: Losing the Elian case after a fierce fight will accelerate the decline in their political fortunes that has been evident since the pope's visit to Cuba two years ago. "Many people believe that this fear of losing their influence in the U.S. helped...
...Roman Catholic, were not suitable parents for an African-American child. Olison accused the Department of Children and Family Services of discriminating against black families. A black South Side minister called on the Burkes to adopt a white child instead. The Olison camp's argument was much like Miami Cuban Americans' claim about Elian: a whole community should have a say in how a child is reared...
Nonparents often have sincere motives for wanting to play a role in a child's life. Many Cuban Americans believe Elian will have a better life in the U.S. Many blacks think Baby T would benefit from an African-American upbringing. The trouble is, once courts get involved, it's an invitation for interest groups and other third parties to dictate what's right for other people's children. In a 1995 case, a judge removed a deaf child from her parents, who were not deaf, and awarded custody to her school interpreter--in part because the parents had never...