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Grandmothers of Elian Gonzalez Lobby Members of Congress

HeadlineJan 26, 2000

After a day of lobbying lawmakers, the grandmothers of Elian Gonzalez are eager for their planned reunion with their grandson today in Miami. The women met yesterday in Washington with members of Congress who support their desire to return Elian to his father in Cuba. Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd, a Democrat, is among those who want to block legislation that would give the six-year-old boy US citizenship. Dodd says Congress shouldn’t be interfering in the boy’s fate, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee of Houston, Texas, says meeting with the grandmothers reinforced her view that Congress shouldn’t be involved in the case.

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