BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Fifteen minutes ago, we talked with CNN's Mark Potter live in Miami, Florida, for the very latest on what's happening around the Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, and his imminent fate. There's also news in Washington on this front. Bob Franken, bring us up to date on that.</s>BOB FRANKEN, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, there is an effort, Bill, to try and make his fate not quite so imminent. Putting it another way, there are some efforts to try and use Congress to stall the departure of the young man while in fact it would be decided whether to give him permanent citizenship. There is an effort under way, led by a variety of congressional Republicans, Lincoln Diaz- Balart of Florida is the primary one, has asked the chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, Dan Burton, whether he could subpoena the young man. Now, the purpose of that would be that this is the only committee that has the unilateral power to subpoena somebody that quickly. Somebody under congressional subpoena is usually not allowed to leave the country. That would, in fact, keep the child in place in the United States until Congress could convene. And then would come step two. There is an effort under way by many of the members from Florida, including prominently Senator Connie Mack, Republican, from Florida, and Miami's Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to come up with legislation which would grant the young man citizenship or at least permanent residence status, which could, in fact, complicate efforts to remove him back to his father from the United States. That is an effort that is going larger and larger, but it's still in the planning stages. As far as Burton's committee is concerned, a spokesman says they are looking at it legally to see if it's even possible. Burton himself had some eye surgery and has been unavailable thus far to weigh in on this debate. Bob Franken, CNN, live on Capitol Hill.</s>HEMMER: All right, Bob, thank you.
Efforts to Delay Elian Gonzalez Deportation Picks up Steam in Congress