Elian Gonzalez heads off to school January 13, seven weeks to the day he was picked up at sea by fishermen. Although the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and U.S. Attorney Janet Reno support the return of Elian to his father in Cuba, the six-year-old remains in the middle of a custody battle as lawyers for the Miami relatives caring for the boy plan to fight is case in federal court. INS officials rejected the latest request for the young boy's asylum late January 13.

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