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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (6700)	5/30/2000 12:12:00 PM
From: jhild	Respond to of 9127

It's a step in the right direction to be sure, and yes it is encouraging, but there are so painfully many more steps to be taken like actually returning Cooke's children. It is disappointing to see the head of state only mumble about ponderous processes. In the US you have the executive trying to reunite the parent and child to the point of having to rescue him from his relatives. (In Germany these aren't even those children's relatives.) It would just be more encouraging to see Schroeder stand up and be counted - to actually make a more substantive commitment. They can sign treaties. They can change laws to make things right. They don't have to blame their legal system.

To: Lane3 who wrote (6700)	5/31/2000 9:32:00 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9127

Taxpayer costs soaring in Elian case BY FRANCES ROBLES frobles@herald.com WASHINGTON -- The federal government's tab for the Elian Gonzalez case has reached nearly $1.2 million -- including $606,000 on security. The biggest chunk by far has gone toward travel for the dozens of U.S. marshals flown in to protect Elian Gonzalez and his family, who are staying in Washington while they await a court decision. A Justice Department report shows the government spent $233,000 on marshals' travel, plus $163,000 on overtime. Budget reports show the marshals' cost was $299,000 through April 30. In the next two weeks, it doubled to total $606,000. ``The bottom line is that we have a job to do, and it will take fiscal amounts to do that,'' said U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Bill Likatovich. ``Is it expensive? We don't document things in those terms.'' The Immigration and Naturalization Service spent $535,000 through May 14, the most recent dates for which costs are available. The INS costs were mostly for travel and transportation, but also included $102,000 for Miami employee overtime. The bills are in addition to $4 million spent locally on police overtime. Miami and Miami-Dade Police had hoped to get their millions back from either the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Justice Department. ``There are limited circumstances under which municipalities can seek reimbursement,'' Justice Department spokeswoman Carole Florman said. ``I don't know the rules well enough to say, but I know when this first came up it was considered unlikely.'' By May 14, the U.S. government had its own tab to pay: $1.186 million.