Marshals ready if needed for Elian United Press International - April 17, 2000 12:49 By MICHAEL KIRKLAND WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) -- The Justice Department has developed a variety of plans to enforce the law in the Elian Gonzalez case. Sources told United Press International Monday that under one plan U.S. marshals would protect immigration agents if they had to forcibly remove the 6-year-old from the home of Miami relatives who are refusing to give him up. The marshals would be necessary because of the crowds surrounding the Miami home. Members of the Cuban-American community in Miami have vowed to resist any attempt to physically remove Elian from his Miami relatives. But one official said the department is remaining flexible, not committing itself to any one course of action, until the end of the federal appeals court process. The Miami relatives, headed by Elian's great-uncle Lazaro Gonzalez, have asked the appeals court to order the Justice Department not to transfer Elian's custody to the boy's father, and not to let Elian be removed from the United States, until the relatives' battle to keep the boy is exhausted in the federal courts. In response, the Justice Department has asked the appeals court, headquartered in Atlanta, to order the Miami relatives to surrender the boy. In return, the department has promised to use its power under federal immigration law to prevent Elian's departure from the United States. Officials said Monday that the marshals would only be used if, as expected, the Miami relatives lose their federal appeal and still refuse to turn over the boy. Elian's mother and at least 10 other Cubans drowned at sea when they fled from Cuba to the United States in November. Elian, one of three survivors, was rescued off Florida on Thanksgiving Day. In January, the Immigration and Naturalization Service ruled that the boy's Cuban father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, was the only one who "could speak" for Elian in immigration matters. Juan Miguel, his current wife and their 6-month-old son flew from Cuba to Washington earlier this month, and have been living in the vacated home of a Cuban diplomat. Juan Miguel continues to ask that his son be turned over to him, but has promised not to return to Cuba with him until the Miami relatives exhaust the appeals process. http://www.marketwatch.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CopQmqbebDxmTy3vIyw5IB3KTzg9Q&FQ=v%25upi&Title=Headlines%20for%3A%20v%25upi%20 Bard BUCHANAN-Reform http://gopatgo2000.com/default.htm "If our culture is going to be conserved, we need to dethrone the dominant authorities that threaten it." --- Samuel Francis "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters" -- Benjamin Franklin <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
