Just Say No to Abuse Declaring War on Terrorism. I wrote the following article on April 22, but held off the publication until I would hear this news. It seems reasonable that this boy would have been returned as soon as possible to the only family he had, his Cuban father, but until arrangements for his return to Cuba could be made, he was taken into the home of his father's relatives in Miami who claimed to be his rightful guardians. Many former Cubans living in Florida are convinced that this little boy would be better off living in the freedom of the United States. They themselves left Cuba of their own volition.
Oppression is what they remember of their lives in that country.
From the View of the Child Let us view this problem through the eyes of a child. I, too, was in that position as a small child. I, too, could have escaped to freedom instead of having to live through the horrors of World War II and through the Russian invasion of my homeland. I, however, was not asked to make a decision. My parents made it for me, and I thank God every day that they chose as they did.