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On November 21, 1999, EliƔn's mother, her partner, and EliƔn fled Cuba by boat as part of a group of refugees attempting to reach the United States. The boat sank during the journey, and EliƔn's mother, along with most of the passengers, drowned. EliƔn was found floating on an inner tube and rescued by two fishermen, who turned him over to the U.S. Coast Guard. EliƔn was taken to a hospital and treated for dehydration and minor cuts. In addition to EliƔn, a young couple survived and reached shore separately.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) granted EliƔn temporary permission to stay in the U.S. and placed him with his great-uncle, LƔzaro GonzƔlez, in Miami. His great-uncle wanted EliƔn to remain in the country, while his father, Juan Miguel GonzƔlez, sought his return to Cuba. This led to a high-profile and protracted custody battle involving his father, his Miami relatives, and U.S. and Cuban officials. EliƔn was returned to his father's custody after an INS raid on his Miami relatives' home on April 22, 2000.
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His wife Hillary Rodham Clinton argued in her Harvard Education Review Article that children have individual rights independent from those of their parents.
https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/30351/0000753.pdf