As much as we would like to see other nations and other people live as we do in America, other nations will not accept our ways and America does not have room for all who want to enter. People come here for freedom and money. Elian's choice today is between a family and a nation. He will either be with his father or he will be in America. He cannot have both.
Family is more important than government.
It is wrong for the people who do not even know Elian to keep him from his father. America can give Elian prosperity. Cuba can give him his father. Money cannot replace family and money will never be more important than family. Our nation needs to apply our own rules, and return Elian to his father.