Elián González

Elián González (born December 6, 1993) was at the center of a heated custody and immigration battle between Cuba, the United States government, his father, his Miami relatives, and the Cuban-American community of Miami in 2000. The climactic stage of this prolonged battle was the April 22, 2000 seizure of six-year-old Elian by federal agents, which drew the ire and criticism of many in the Cuban-American community and presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush and prompted a Senate inquiry. However, after the Miami relatives' appeals met several rejections by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, and a refusal to hear the case by the U.S. Supreme Court, Elian González returned to Cuba with his father, Juan Miguel González, on the afternoon of June 28, 2000.

External links

• Finding Elian - Dateline NBC - MSNBC.com
• Famous photograph of raid on relatives' house
• Elián González and family flying home to Cuba - CNN, June 28, 2000
• Gabriel García Márquez wrote a chronicle on the story.
• Article on Elián 5 years on (BBC)
• Elian interview sparks Miami row (BBC)