SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday opposed
 congressional action to make Elian Gonzalez a resident of this country, putting
 her at odds with Vice President Al Gore.

 ''Hillary Clinton knows that we must take politics out of this decision,'' said Clinton
 Senate campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson. ''Elian's future should be determined
 as quickly as possible through the appropriate, ongoing legal process.''

 The first lady was upstate Saturday to pick up labor-union endorsements in her
 Senate race against Republican New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

 Gore, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, urged Congress last
 week to pass a law that would grant permanent resident status to 6-year-old Elian
 and some family members.

 Clinton's position on Elian also put her at odds with Giuliani, who maintains that
 the boy should be granted U.S. citizenship and that any custody issues should
 be handled in family court.

 President Clinton remains opposed to the citizenship measure.