[CobaltBlue]

>>That, of course, is ten pounds of horse hockey in a five pound bag.<<

No, actually it's a completely accurate statement of fact.

It jumps over/elides various findings by the Department of Justice with regard to Elian's status vis-a-vis Cuba, but, cutting to the chase (as is my wont) absent a finding that Elian was subject to harsh treatment upon return to Cuba, INS had no jurisdiction to keep him here.

None, zero, niente.

[dsc]

"It jumps over/elides various findings by the Department of Justice with regard to Elian's status vis-a-vis Cuba, but, cutting to the chase (as is my wont) absent a finding that Elian was subject to harsh treatment upon return to Cuba, INS had no jurisdiction to keep him here."

That's so bad, it's not even wrong.

The question of jurisdiction doesn't even enter into the matter.

It had long been US policy that anybody who escaped slavery in Cuba and got feet dry could stay.