Sunday, April 16 1:24 AM SGT US government hardens its tone in Elian case MIAMI, April 15 (AFP) - With the future of Elian Gonzalez hinging on an impending federal court ruling, demonstrators in Miami were in a waiting mode Saturday amid signs that the US government would not tolerate defiance by the boy's Miami relatives much longer. A letter from the Justice Department to the Gonzalez family in Miami, released Saturday, made no attempt at a conciliatory tone. "Elian's parole into your care was revoked ... when you failed to comply with the INS's instruction to present Elian at the Opa-Locka Airport to be reunited with his father," the Justice Department said in the letter. "You are holding Elian without the consent of his father and without the consent of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Elian's current legal custodian under the immigration laws," it said. Less than 100 demonstrators were in front of the home of Elian's great uncle Lazaro Gonzalez early Saturday, but hundreds had turned out late Friday amid nervousness over rumors of imminent action by federal authorities. In court papers filed in Atlanta Friday, the government challenged the family's bid to extend a temporary injunction barring Elian from leaving the country, and argued in favor of returning the boy to his father "as soon as possible." "It is very important ... that the transfer be unambiguous, that his caregivers since his arrival in the United States prepare him for and participate in that transfer in a supportive manner, and that the transfer occur at a neutral location," the document said. For their part, the Miami relatives filed a last minute response late Friday, insisting yet again that Elian's case deserves a full hearing in family court -- a possibility the US government has already ruled out. The Justice Department said it would be prepared to guarantee the boy would stay in the United States for the duration of the appeals process, if Lazaro Gonzalez cooperates in delivering the boy to his father. But the family gave no sign of complying in any handover outside their Miami home, where demonstrators are on guard 24 hours a day. Should the Atlanta court revoke the temporary injunction that bars Elian from leaving the United States, it will clear the way for federal authorities to remove Elian from his great-uncle's Miami home. He would then be reunited with his father and in theory, the two could return immediately to Cuba. "We don't know, we don't know" if the Atlanta court will announce its decision Saturday, a spokesman for Lazaro Gonzalez said. "We'll see. The family is tired," Armando Gutierrez said. A New York Times report Saturday cited unidentified officials saying Attorney General Janet Reno was "at last resigned" to the need to resort to enforcement action to remove Elian from his great uncle's home "forcibly." Reno herself will choose when the action takes place, seeking a time when there are few demonstrators in front of the house, possibly early next week, the daily said. "As soon as it is clear that there is no injunction, the government will move to implement its enforcement action to enforce our order" to handover custody of Elian, an immigration official told the daily. Lazaro Gonzalez says he has not violated the law, because he will not block the boy's removal from his home, but he will not "betray" Elian by taking him elsewhere and collaborating actively in his handover. Elian was rescued November 25 from an inner tube in waters off the coast of Florida, after a boat in which he and 13 other Cubans were traveling illegally to the United States sank. His mother and 10 others died in the tragedy, and since then, the six-year-old has lived at the home of Lazaro Gonzalez, against the wishes of his Cuban father Juan Miguel Gonzalez, who on April 6 traveled to Washington to fetch his son. http://english.hk.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/world/afp/article.html?s=hke/headlines/000416/world/afp/US_government_hardens_its_tone_in_Elian_case.html Bard Bard, I know there is a God and I know he hates injustice. I see the storm coming and I know His hand is in it. But if there is a place and a part for me, I believe that I am ready. -- Patrick J. Buchanan BUCHANAN-Reform http://gopatgo2000.com/default.htm <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! 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