LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Each side in the Elian Gonzalez custody fight, the refugee boy's grandmothers from Cuba and his relatives from Miami plead their cases today in Washington. The two grandmothers did not comment following their emotional meeting with Elian yesterday. National correspondent Tony Clark is in Miami this morning. We go to him now for the latest -- Tony.</s>TONY CLARK, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Leon. This international custody battle is proceeding on two fronts. Here at the federal court in Miami the U.S. relatives of Elian Gonzalez have asked the court to do two things: stop the Immigration Service from sending him back to Cuba, and order an asylum hearing for him. The Immigration Service is expected to file its response to that later today. The second front is in Congress. Elian Gonzalez's U.S. relatives left this morning for Washington, where they plan to lobby Congress in an attempt to get Congress to approve measures either to make him a U.S. citizen or give him permanent residency. The grandmothers are also there, urging Congress to do just the opposite: allow him to go back to Cuba and be with his father. Yesterday's reunion, according to the INS, went off very well. It was, in their words, a victory for everyone. The about two-hour long meeting between the grandmothers and Elian Gonzalez is begin described as very emotional, the grandmothers hugging him, telling him that they loved him. There was one problem with one of the grandmothers had a cell phone, which according to the rules set forth by the INS they said that you could not have a cell phone. The Cuban government is saying that that was an affront to them, that they simply wanted Elian to be able to call his father. As for the 6-year-old boy, he was supposed to go to school today. We are told he is too tired though. he is staying today at the home of his great uncle, while the battle for where he will live in the future continues. Tony Clark, CNN, Miami.</s>HARRIS: All right, thank you, Tony.
Elian Gonzalez Case: Tug-of-War Heads Back to Washington