Word: asylums
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...hoped the court would issue an order for the transfer of Elian to his father's custody, it refused to rule on the custody issue but upheld the right of the boy's Miami relatives to a day in court to argue their appeal for the right to claim asylum for Elian (and for the boy to stay in the U.S. while they do so). "The ruling leaves the immediate question of Elian's custody back in the hands of the Justice Department," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett. "Reno is free to send marshals...
...Despite the court's scolding of the INS for not interviewing the boy - and its recognition of Elian's signature on a document requesting asylum as signifying that the six-year-old had, indeed, signaled legal interests separate from those of his father - Reno still faces mounting pressure to make good on her vow to reunite the boy and his father immediately. That pressure will come, not least, from Juan Miguel Gonzalez, who came to the U.S. two weeks ago having been told that this was the only way to be reunited with his son, and has undertaken to remain...
...Janet Reno seemed indecisive before, the latest court ruling on the fate of Elian Gonzalez may paralyze her altogether. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta issued an order Wednesday that Elian not be removed from the U.S. pending his Miami relatives' appeal in their bid to seek asylum for the boy. They declined, however, to rule on whether he should be handed over to his father. "The ruling leaves the immediate question of Elian's custody back in the hands of the Justice Department," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett. "Reno is free to send marshals...
...because Fidel Castro had him in chains. But once he broke free and made it to America, once he stepped off the Learjet at Dulles at dawn with his new wife and baby at his side, he would fall to the ground, kiss the tarmac and ask for asylum. Or maybe it would happen Friday morning, safe in the halls of the Justice Department, when he would look Attorney General Janet Reno in the eye and say thanks for all the help, but can we please just stay here? Then he could arrive in Miami in triumph, the angry vigil...
...cruel contrast in the way those who flee Haiti and Cuba are treated. After widespread criticism, the Immigration and Naturalization Service brought the children back to the U.S. They and their mother are living together in South Florida, but all three are awaiting a hearing for political asylum. "Our government has really used scare tactics at times to justify the treatment of Haitians," says Cheryl Little, an advocate for immigrants...