Category: adoptee advocacy
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International adoptees hold ‘funeral for Holt,’ calling for end to industry
By Lillian Scrock-Clevenger Link to story Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez speaks into a bullhorn during a protest with other adult international adoptees outside Holt International headquarters in Eugene on Friday, July 24. Credit: Lillian Schrock-Clevenger / Lookout Eugene-Springfield About 30 people dressed in black carried a paper coffin and “RIP Holt” cardboard headstones outside the headquarters of…
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A wall of nametags at a South Korean park testifies to adoptees’ longing for their birth mothers
Link to story By Kim Tong-Hyung PAJU, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of Korean adoptees from North America and Europe recently gathered to leave their names on a wall at a former U.S. military base, hoping that, after decades, a birth mother might still be looking for them. Misted in rain, they fastened ceramic nametags onto mesh…
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Podcast: Some international adoptees face citizenship precarity amid immigration enforcement surge
Nina Moini and Alanna Elder Link to story Attorney Gregory Luce poses for a portrait in his south Minneapolis home on July 15, 2024. Luce, who was adopted in the District of Columbia as a child, founded the Adoptee Rights Law Center and is the executive director of Adoptees United Inc. Ben Hovland | MPR News file Attorney…
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Born Abroad and Fearful of ICE, Adoptees Try to Prove They Belong
Up to 200,000 people adopted as children from abroad are vulnerable to deportation by an administration searching for problems with their citizenship. By Elizabeth Williamson Link to story Tiko’ Rujux-Xicay worries about increased immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities of Minnesota as residents report people being questioned and detained regardless of their citizenship status.Credit…Jamie Kelter…
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