CBS News Call-Back Poll, April 2000

This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveysthat solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of otherpolitical and social issues. This survey, fielded April 23, 2000, is acall-back of the April 15-17, 2000, cohort (CBS NEWS MONTHLY POLL,APRIL 2000 [ICPSR 2982]), and was conducted to assess respondent viewsfollowing action taken by federal marshalls from the Immigration andNaturalization Service (INS) to forcibly remove Cuban refugee ElianGonzalez from his Miami relatives' home and return him to the custodyof his father. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the INSaction, whether excessive force had been used by the federalmarshalls, and whether the raid was necessary to enforce thelaw. Opinions were also solicited as to the best final solution to theElian Gonzalez case. Respondents were asked to assess the roles andmotivations of many of the principal players in the controversy,including the Miami relatives, Elian's father, the Cuban-Americancommunity, Attorney General Janet Reno and the United States JusticeDepartment, Fidel Castro and the Cuban government, and the media.Background information on respondents includes age, sex, race,education, religion, veteran status, voter registration andparticipation history, political party, political orientation,Hispanic descent, marital status, age of children in household, andfamily income.