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To: Daniel W. Koehler who wrote (3539)	4/24/2000 1:22:00 PM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (1) of 13062

Actually, that's incorrect. Based on the current laws concerning immigration (regardless of whether we agree or disagree with the way they are), Elian's relatives have NO SAY in what is in his best interests because his father is still alive. While I agree with your sentiment, unfortunately the current laws don't differentiate between whether people live in totalitarian states or not. While Elian's welfare is more likely better in the US with his relatives (I think that is pretty clear), current laws don't account for the political status of any country in which surviving parents live. There are a number of similar, lower-profile, cases in which children have been sent to such places as Lebanon and Pakistan to be reunited with their parent(s). One VERY OVERLOOKED case recently had the Miami police, with the backing of the Mayor, enter a home and forcibly remove a child to return him to his father in Pakistan. This is the hypocrisy to which I refer. The current Cuban majority in Miami has seen fit to make the laws work for them when it suits them.

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