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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian

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To: greenspirit who wrote (8500)	7/13/2000 10:52:38 PM
From: Dayuhan	of 9127

I would think the INS would have some parental "fitness" metrics they use in order to evaluate a proper home for a child. I would guess not. It is not something for which they would be likely to have a precedent or a set policy, and I suspect that the placement with the Miami household was based entirely on their being the nearest relations. If an evaluation of fitness were required, the natural step would have been to have it done by whatever social service agency has jurisdiction. If this had been done, the household would almost certainly been rejected. This not meant as a slander to that family, but is simply true: there are certain factors which are generally regarded as absolute disqualification for adoption or foster placement. Couples have to be married. Adoption by a single parent is like passing a camel through the eye of a needle. Unemployment or any history of psychiatric problems or alcohol abuse would mean summary disqualification. Was it the INS who went to the circuit court, or was it the family? The INS doesn't have the authority to willy-nilly shift children from one home to another when a custody dispute is taking place. Actually it does, if the child is an illegal alien. A shitty law it may be, but it is the law. let's say that Elian was granted the freedom by the court to decide on his own whether to stay or go. I don't think a circuit court can do that. Separation of powers, and all that stuff. The answer is pretty clear to me. Politics If any political advantage were gained, I could understand that. I don't see that any was. The natural political move would be to bury it in the courts and keep it there until after the election. I don't buy the threat of another boatlift at all. No logic to it, and no real threat.

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