International Adoptive Parents-
For the love of God , get your child's certificate of citizenship.
And get it as soon as possible.
Even if you have to pay for it.
It might be the best $400 you ever spend.
Joao Herbert was adopted from Brazil at
the age of eight by a family in Ohio. A charge for attempting to sell
marijuana, although a first offense, landed him in immigration
detention, after which he was deported to Brazil in 2000. Joao Herbert
was murdered in Brazil in May 2004.
Korean adoptee Matthew Scherer
learned he lacked citizenship when he applied for a U.S. passport. He
subsequently obtained permanent resident status, but upon traveling to
Korea was identified by the Korean government by his original Korean
name and now is blocked by Korean law from returning to the U.S. and
threatened with conscription into the Korean army.
Jennifer Haynes was adopted at eight
from India and sexually abused by her adoptive father, after which she
passed through 50 foster homes on her way to adulthood. Married to a
U.S. citizen and mother of two young children, Haynes was nonetheless
deported to India in 2008.
Adopted as a toddler from Thailand in 1979 by a family in Florida, John Gaul completed
a sentence for theft and check fraud in 1996 after the new immigration
law went into effect. A judge was prevented under the new law from
acknowledging adoption as an extenuating circumstance, and he was
deported to Thailand in 1999.
Tatiana Mitrohina was born in Russia in
1978 with physical deformities that led to her adoption at fourteen to
California. She suffered from childhood-related PTSD and postpartum
depression. Following a charge of abuse of her son, the court
recommended counseling and medication, but Immigration and Customs
Enforcement have detained her in preparation for deportation.
And now Kairi Shepherd....
How many more????
