(15 quotes found)
“The family is praying and very hopeful.”
Armando Gutierrez
“They said sign the piece of paper or we're taking the kid.”
“He does not want to go back to Cuba.”
“We are hopeful our nation's Fourth of July celebration this year will not be tarnished by the removal of a child from this land of freedom, to a land of gross violence and extensively documented human rights' violations.”
“They are confident they are doing the right thing. They will keep fighting for what his mom died for.”
“This is a very rough time for us, but we must obey the law and the rule of law.”
“He is a brainwashed little kid afraid of Castro, just like everyone else.”
“We would like for the Coast Guard to release the whole video, not just the last 30 seconds [released to the media], to see what really happened.”
“We will guarantee Juan Miguel will be safe in this house and we will respect whatever is worked out with the family.”
“And God knows the ones we don't know about.”