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...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 to appeal the decision, the attorney general isn't legally obliged to await the outcome of any appeal before sending the boy home. But this being an election year, political considerations...
...Buddy Lembeck's hilarious antics land him in a big mess, as his psychology study results in his commitment to a mental institution. Charles enlists the help of Walter Powell and Aunt Lillian to bust Buddy out, but ends up being detained in the asylum himself! Ben Stein does a star turn in the role of a mental patient...
...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...
...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 the fierce emotion sparked by Elian's case. "Both sides will...