The interesting juxtaposition of this entire mess is the role reversal of the two major parties in America.
The Republican party, the party of family values, don't kill your children, and family unity, wants the boy alienated from his father and given to distant relatives.
The Democratic party, the party of live life for the moment, kill your children, and children don't need fathers wants him returned to his father for repatriation.
Now here's the rub. The INS should never have had jurisdiction in this case in the first place. A friend of mine who is a Commander in the Navy was talking to the JAG a couple of weeks ago and the JAG told him that under International Maritime Law the boy should have been given to his father immediately. He stated that Maritime law is extremely clear on the issue of rescues of persons on the high seas which are minor children. They are to be reunited with their parents or surviving parent immediately or as soon as is practicable.
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Gun Control: The proposition that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own panty hose, is more acceptable than allowing that same woman to defend herself with a firearm.