Victory for Juan Miguel: Court of Appeals tells Miami relatives; `Let father take son Elian back to Cuba.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was within its legal rights to deny Elian an asylum hearing. The 6-year-old's great-uncle, Lazaro Gonzalez, filed the hearing petition against the wishes of Juan Miguel Gonzalez, Elian's fath...

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Published inNew York Amsterdam news (1962) Vol. 91; no. 23
Main Author Muhammad, Eric Ture
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Amsterdam News 08.06.2000
Subjects
Children & youth
Courts
Gonzalez, Elian
Gonzalez, Juan Miguel
Immigration
Immigration policy
Law
Noncitizens
Washington, DC
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Summary:The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was within its legal rights to deny Elian an asylum hearing. The 6-year-old's great-uncle, Lazaro Gonzalez, filed the hearing petition against the wishes of Juan Miguel Gonzalez, Elian's father and sole surviving parent. "We have not the slightest illusion about the INS's choices: the choices about policy and about application of policy," read the ruling of circuit court judges J.L. Edmondson of Atlanta, Joel Dubina of Montgomery, Ala., and Charles Wilson of Tampa, Fla. "Still, the choices were not unreasonable, not capricious and not arbitrary, but were reasoned and reasonable. The INS's considerable discretion was not abused," concluded the judges.
ISSN:1059-1818