Hey You 35,000 Adoptive Parents who Didn’t Get their Child Citizenship…

get it today!

“Children who were 18 or older on February 27, 2001, did NOT acquire U.S. citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act. In recent years, many adoptees have found that although they were legally adopted and have been U.S. residents for most of their lives, they do not hold U.S. citizenship. Many discovered this as young adults when applying for jobs, registering to vote, applying for a U.S. passport, or, unfortunately, when getting into trouble with the law and facing deportation to a country they no longer call home. The reasons vary, but the fact remains that many adoptees are considered to be foreign-born, non-citizens and do not even know it.

If you are a foreign-born, non-citizen adoptee who would like to apply for U.S. citizenship, please visit the USCIS web pages on naturalization.”which is this page.

Adam Crapser just got deported.

“The Adoptee Rights Campaign said Adam Crapser’s adoptive parents never applied for naturalisation. He is one of an estimated 35,000 international adoptees who do not hold US citizenship and could be deported for a number of minor crimes.” 

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