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...judge has cleared the way legally for Attorney General Janet Reno to send Elian Gonzalez back to his father in Cuba, but his family would be ill-advised to start preparing the welcome home party just yet. District Judge K. Michael Moore on Monday upheld the Justice Department's ruling that only the six-year-old's father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, has any legal standing to speak for Elian, and dismissed a lawsuit by his great-uncle Lazaro Gonzalez to request asylum on his behalf. Although those Gonzalez family members who are pressing to keep Elian in Miami have vowed...
...battle over Elian Gonzalez keeps stretching the boundaries of legal precedent. Thursday, a federal judge in Miami heard oral arguments in a case brought by Elian's great-uncle against the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Lazaro Gonzalez claims his six-year-old nephew is capable of applying for asylum in his own right - that neither Elian's father nor the INS has the right to send the boy back to Cuba. Elian was rescued from an inner tube in November after his mother drowned at sea in an ill-fated attempt to reach Miami, and his father, who remained...
...Elian's relatives in the U.S. are not eager to oblige the father's wishes, and on first reading, immigration law seems to support their cause: According to the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act, any Cuban who touches U.S. soil is entitled to apply for political asylum. There are no overt age restrictions on the law, only a supposition of comprehension. So the crux of the debate is whittled down to one question: Can a six-year-old understand what the word "asylum" truly means...
Apparently, this judge thinks it's possible. He accepted an argument from Elian's Miami relatives that the boy filled out his application with a full comprehension of its ramifications. Legal analysts watching the case agree that this judge's acceptance of the family's claim that Elian is intellectually capable of understanding what it means to apply for asylum stretches the boundaries of credulity. The judge is not expected to render his decision until next week, says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett, but even when the ruling comes down, this story will be far from over, given...
Mention the word "Cuba" in the United States and many people will immediately think of Bacardi, Montecristos and Guaguanco. To others, Cuba conjures images of Elian Gonzlez, the poor boy who has been the focus of an emotional tug-of-war. And to those who look forward to his deportation, perhaps images of Fidel Castro, Ch Guevara, and the wonders of Communism parade in their minds...