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Adam Crapser’s Story

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For Adam’s narrative on the adoption experience, see here: Amazon “If I could say anything to politicians, I would beg them–implore them–to please amend the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 so that those of us who were adopted as children before then but were not granted US citizenship–would finally be covered.  Please do this for my children, so they don’t …

Adam Crapser: Detained for deportation

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Adam Crapser, a Korean American adoptee who was placed in deportation proceedings at the beginning of 2015, was placed in the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma Washington by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on February 8, 2016. READ Latest News here – Adam Crapser to be Deported Adam was adopted from a Korean orphanage by U.S. citizen parents at age three, …

Indian children trafficked to United States is a reality, says U.S. diplomat

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Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:19 GMT Author: Nita Bhalla SILIGURI, India, Feb 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cases of Indian children being smuggled to the United States are a reality, a U.S. diplomat said on Friday, reacting to a media report that police had busted an international child trafficking racket operating in the southern city …

The International Adoptions Lobby: an insider’s perspective

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A review by Rupert Wolfe-Murray Romania – for export only, the untold story of the Romanian ‘orphans’ by Roelie Post There are several unusual things about Roelie Post and her important new book on international adoptions. An employee of the European Commission, between 1999 and 2005 Post handled one of its most controversial dossiers: Romania’s institutionalised children. She is one …