Category: United States
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VietNam Net: Vietnamese father, 74, seeks American birth mom for adopted daughter
Link to story In his final years, a 74-year-old man from Ho Chi Minh City searches for his daughter’s American birth mother. Since losing his wife during the Covid-19 pandemic, the modest home of 74-year-old Le Trong Toan in an alley on Xom Chieu Street, Ho Chi Minh City, has remained quiet. He only opens…
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BBC: The American adoptees who fear deportation to a country they can’t remember
By George Wright Link to story
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Haitian Times: Florida-based Haitian American family reunites with adopted children from gang-controlled Port-au-Prince
Link to story By Fritznel D. Octave The arrival of two Haitian children adopted in the U.S. after years of delay in an exhausting and costly process brings relief to their Vero Beach-based parents at last
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Newsweek: US Citizen Says ICE Detained Her, Said Her Passport ‘Isn’t Real’
Link to story A U.S. citizen and Chicago resident was reportedly detained by federal immigration agents despite carrying documentation proving her citizenship. Maria Greeley, 44, said she was confronted earlier this month by three federal agents outside her workplace, the Beach Bar on Ohio Street, according to The Chicago Tribune. Greeley told the outlet that the…
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Smithsonian Magazine: This Adoptee Discovered a Trove of Documents in a Nun’s Basement. The Rare Vietnam War Records May Rewrite the Story of Operation Babylift
By Nina Strochlic Link to story The April 1975 effort matched more than 2,800 infants and children evacuated from Vietnam with adoptive families. Today, the adoptees are searching for clues to their past—and reflecting on the complicated legacy of their evacuation Babies on plane seats during Operation Babylift in April 1975 Jean-Claude Francolon / Gamma-Rapho via…
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KAUA’I NOW: Proposed law aims to correct citizenship oversight for adoptees
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Newsweek: Woman Abandoned as Baby Gave Up on Finding Birth Family, Until She Got Text
By Jack Beresford Link to story
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The Haitian Times:
Florida adoptive family urges Haitian government to issue passports for endangered children Emergency evacuation of two Haitian children adopted by their Vero Beach-based uncle stalls over passport delays By Fritznel D. Octave Link to story
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Providence: International Adoption Trends Epitomize America’s Declining Soft Power
by Thea Dunlevie Link to story. merican adoptions of foreign-born children have declined by 94% since 2004 – bad news for American soft power. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, America championed international adoption. The Pax Americana expanded opportunities for Americans to adopt children abroad, particularly from countries that had experienced destabilizing shocks like the Vietnam War…
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Washington Post: The U.S. intercountry adoption system has failed. It’s time for a complete overhaul.
By Ryan Hanlon Link to story OPINION: In releasing its latest annual report to Congress on intercountry adoptions, the State Department claimed last month on X that intercountry adoption remains “viable, ethical, and transparent.” A year earlier, it praised its team for working “tirelessly” on behalf of families. Yet the numbers and the outcomes for children tell a different…
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