She’ll get US citizenship 60 years after being adopted, but thousands more must still wait

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In January, after 13 months in limbo, Ella Purkiss was finally granted survivor benefits from her deceased husband. She says if it had taken even one month longer she would have been evicted from her trailer home in Pahrump, Nevada. Next Friday, after 60 years of living in the US, she will finally be granted American citizenship. Purkiss, 62, was …

Adopter sentenced to life in prison for the death of the 3-year-old girl he adopted from India.

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Wesley Mathews, the father of his adopted child Sherin Mathews – who was three years old when she was found dead in 2017 in Texas, was sentenced to life in prison by a jury last week, after he pled guilty to a lesser charge of injury to a child by omission.

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Rev. Dr. Janine Myung Ja, Ph.D.

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Adoption History 101 summarizes the inception and expansion of the adoption industry, focusing on its roots and consequences kept from public awareness. For years, facilitators have denied adoptees access to documents that could lead them back to their families.

Adopted Child, Deported Adult. Wazulu’s Story

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Wazulu was born in India and adopted as a child. He was taken to the USA at the age of 12 to live with American parents and for the next twenty years he studied and lived as an American. A brilliant musician, Wazulu was gaining recognition as a performer and producer of an original style of Indian influenced Hip Hop …

Holt International Adoption Agency in Seoul Korea

Adam Crapser Filed a Landmark Lawsuit Against the South Korean Government and Holt Children’s Services

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Adam Crapser filed a landmark lawsuit against South Korean Government and Holt Children’s Services