The Supreme Court Ruling Hits Miami Hard

Marisleysis Gonzalez Marisleysis Gonzalez, center, leaves her home in the Little Havana section of Miami Wednesday, June 28, 2000, surrounded by news media. The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Wednesday for Elian Gonzalez's return to Cuba, ending an international custody battle over the little boy that lasted seven months. The court rejected a formal appeal filed by the boy's Miami relatives and a separate emergency request aimed at postponing his departure. (AP Photo/Enrique Colls)

Marisleysis Gonzalez & Caridad Gonzalez Caridad Gonzalez, right, great-aunt, and Marisleysis Gonzalez, left, cousin of Elian Gonzalez, react to the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday, June 28, 2000 which frees Juan Miguel Gonzalez to leave today at 4pm to return to Cuba with Elian. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Marisleysis Gonzalez & Caridad Gonzalez Caridad Gonzalez, right, great-aunt, greets Marisleysis Gonzalez, left, cousin of Elian Gonzalez, as she arrives at Caridad's home following the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday, June 28, 2000 which frees Juan Miguel Gonzalez to leave today at 4pm to return to Cuba with Elian. Children in photo are not identified. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Delfin & Lazaro Gonzalez Delfin Gonzalez, left, and his brother Lazaro, right, talk on a phone outside a relative's home in Miami Wednesday, June 28, 2000, following the ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that cleared the way for Elian Gonzalez to be returned to Cuba. Lazaro, Elian's uncle, had sheltered the boy after he was found clinging to a raft in the ocean off Miami in November 1999. Federal agents seized Elian from Lazaro's home in April and returned him to the custody of his father while appeals to federal courts were exhausted. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Lazaro Gonzalez Lazaro Gonzalez, left, great uncle of Elian Gonzalez, walks to a relatives' home Wednesday, June 28, 2000 after hearing the news that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled against the Miami relatives in the case of Elian Gonzalez. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Reaction Madaralena Flores reacts after hearing the Supreme Court's refusal to block 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez's return to Cuba, Wednesday, June 28, 2000, in the Little Havana section of Miami. (AP Photo/Amy E. Conn)

Supporters of Elian Gonzalez's Miami family, Nicholas Alvarez, left, comforts Norma Torres, center, as they are overcome with emotion after hearng the Supreme Court's refusal to block the 6-year-old boy's return to Cuba Wednesday June 28, 2000 in the Little Havana section of Miami. Woman at right did not want to be identified. (AP Photo/Amy E. Conn)

A man is overcome with emotion in the Little Havana section of Miami as other supporters of Elian Gonzalez's Miami family attempt to comfort him after hearing the Supreme Court's refusal to block the 6-year-old boy's return to Cuba Wednesday June 28, 2000. (AP Photo/Amy E. Conn)

Bienvenido Comas protests in front of the federal courthouse in Miami Wednesday, June 28, 2000 as he and other supporters of Elian Gonzalez gathered, waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the 6-year-old boy's case. Elian Gonzalez was cleared to return home later Wednesday when the Supreme Court decisively ended a seven-month custody battle between his father his U.S. relatives. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Ramon Saul Sanchez, right, president of the Democracia Movement, tries to calm an upset supporter of Elian Gonzalez Wednesday, June 28, 2000 after the supporters gathered in front of the Miami home of Elian received word that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in favor of Elian's father Juan Miguel Gonzalez. (AP Photo/Antar Torres)

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	Marisleysis Gonzalez, center, leaves her home in the Little Havana section of Miami Wednesday, June 28, 2000, surrounded by news media. The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Wednesday for Elian Gonzalez's return to Cuba, ending an international custody battle over the little boy that lasted seven months. The court rejected a formal appeal filed by the boy's Miami relatives and a separate emergency request aimed at postponing his departure. (AP Photo/Enrique Colls)
	Caridad Gonzalez, right, great-aunt, and Marisleysis Gonzalez, left, cousin of Elian Gonzalez, react to the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday, June 28, 2000 which frees Juan Miguel Gonzalez to leave today at 4pm to return to Cuba with Elian. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
	Caridad Gonzalez, right, great-aunt, greets Marisleysis Gonzalez, left, cousin of Elian Gonzalez, as she arrives at Caridad's home following the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday, June 28, 2000 which frees Juan Miguel Gonzalez to leave today at 4pm to return to Cuba with Elian. Children in photo are not identified. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
	Delfin Gonzalez, left, and his brother Lazaro, right, talk on a phone outside a relative's home in Miami Wednesday, June 28, 2000, following the ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that cleared the way for Elian Gonzalez to be returned to Cuba. Lazaro, Elian's uncle, had sheltered the boy after he was found clinging to a raft in the ocean off Miami in November 1999. Federal agents seized Elian from Lazaro's home in April and returned him to the custody of his father while appeals to federal courts were exhausted. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
	Lazaro Gonzalez, left, great uncle of Elian Gonzalez, walks to a relatives' home Wednesday, June 28, 2000 after hearing the news that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled against the Miami relatives in the case of Elian Gonzalez. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
	Madaralena Flores reacts after hearing the Supreme Court's refusal to block 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez's return to Cuba, Wednesday, June 28, 2000, in the Little Havana section of Miami. (AP Photo/Amy E. Conn)
	Supporters of Elian Gonzalez's Miami family, Nicholas Alvarez, left, comforts Norma Torres, center, as they are overcome with emotion after hearng the Supreme Court's refusal to block the 6-year-old boy's return to Cuba Wednesday June 28, 2000 in the Little Havana section of Miami. Woman at right did not want to be identified. (AP Photo/Amy E. Conn)
	A man is overcome with emotion in the Little Havana section of Miami as other supporters of Elian Gonzalez's Miami family attempt to comfort him after hearing the Supreme Court's refusal to block the 6-year-old boy's return to Cuba Wednesday June 28, 2000. (AP Photo/Amy E. Conn)
	Bienvenido Comas protests in front of the federal courthouse in Miami Wednesday, June 28, 2000 as he and other supporters of Elian Gonzalez gathered, waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the 6-year-old boy's case. Elian Gonzalez was cleared to return home later Wednesday when the Supreme Court decisively ended a seven-month custody battle between his father his U.S. relatives. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
	Ramon Saul Sanchez, right, president of the Democracia Movement, tries to calm an upset supporter of Elian Gonzalez Wednesday, June 28, 2000 after the supporters gathered in front of the Miami home of Elian received word that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in favor of Elian's father Juan Miguel Gonzalez. (AP Photo/Antar Torres)