Jeremiah Smith: “on the case of Elian Gonzalez, the young Cuban boy who is now in Miami, I support Senator Mack's private relief bill to…”

“on the case of Elian Gonzalez, the young Cuban boy who is now in Miami, I support Senator Mack's private relief bill to give Elian Gonzalez U.S. citizenship. This is something I believe should be done. It is not necessarily going to stop him from being sent back to Cuba, but it is the right thing to do. I met Elian Gonzalez personally and the great uncle in Little Havana in Miami on January 8. I took the time to go meet Elian. I wanted to talk with him myself. I wanted to look him in the eye and find out how he felt about the ordeal he went through. Unfortunately, the Attorney General didn't take the time to do that. Elian wasn't important enough for the Attorney General or any of the Attorney General's representatives to meet with him. On January 6, Attorney General Reno said: If there is any information that we are not privy to--I never say I won't reverse myself. I try to be as open minded as I can. But based on all the information we have to date, I see no basis for reversing it. ``It'' being the decision to send Elian back to Cuba.”