Immigration Attorneys
Elian case has potential to alter immigration law
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While Elian Gonzalez’s father and Miami relatives continue to argue over the 6-year-old boy’s physical custody, legal experts are concerned that a decision on his legal status in the United States could rewrite U.S. immigration law. Said one immigration lawyer, if Elian is allowed to remain in this country, “I’m going to be one of the first lawyers to say, ‘Here are Ethiopian and Somalian and Chinese kids who want to live here because life is better in the U.S.’” The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that Elian may not leave the country until the court hears his petition for an asylum hearing. Since Elian was found clinging to an inner tube in Florida waters five months ago after surviving a migrant boat disaster that killed his mother and 10 others, the Immigration and Naturalization Service has insisted that only his father could speak for the boy. And Juan Miguel Gonzalez has refused asylum efforts for his son. More : edition.cnn.com |
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