A new bill in Congress could seriously harm Adoptees without citizenship.
Please read this important post by Adoptee Rights Law.
Adoptee Rights Law writes (in part):
“A new bill in Congress—supported and driven by Holt International—will no doubt lull noncitizen intercountry adoptees to apply for U.S. citizenship, only to find out the hard way that the bill’s promise of “automatic” citizenship is a false and dangerous ruse. Don’t fall for it. Don’t support it. There’s a far better bipartisan bill in Congress already.”
“Making Sure You Don’t Freak Out
This is for my clients and intercountry adoptees in the U.S who are already U.S. citizens but need proof of that citizenship, specifically with a certificate of citizenship. This bill, which has only been introduced in Congress and is not even close to becoming law, does not apply to you. I acknowledge and have seen fear from many of you, and a bill like this will not make things better, simply because it focuses on a presumption that adoptees are criminals who, despite being brought to this country as infants and young children, do not deserve citizenship. If it helps, though, the bill excludes most intercountry adoptees, and that’s also part of its problem.”
