tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post828369314689312496..comments2024-03-14T17:59:30.786-04:00Comments on [Birth Mother] First Mother Forum: South Korean adoptee faces deportationLorraine Duskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-3613495605018560222015-04-10T22:29:25.519-04:002015-04-10T22:29:25.519-04:00I guess this important - and in Adam's case, u...I guess this important - and in Adam's case, urgent - issue just doesn't excite the same kind of interest as reality shows like Sixteen and Pregnant or glorified soaps like Downton Abbey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-13611012683092142492015-04-10T07:43:25.584-04:002015-04-10T07:43:25.584-04:00About time Donaldson Institute commented! I am sur...About time Donaldson Institute commented! I am surprised there are not more people commenting here on this important issue of adoptee rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-22088641254915574212015-04-09T21:26:48.004-04:002015-04-09T21:26:48.004-04:00At last.
I was wondering if, and if, when:
http:/...At last. <br />I was wondering if, and if, when:<br />http://adoptioninstitute.org/Deportation-of-adoptees-we-must-do-betterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-55366610977711623172015-04-08T19:50:28.986-04:002015-04-08T19:50:28.986-04:00Actually that wasn't a question. It was the ti...Actually that wasn't a question. It was the title of the article. <br />Probably my bad for not presenting it in an intelligible way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-35432412177205025682015-04-08T15:43:42.590-04:002015-04-08T15:43:42.590-04:00Mirah Riben has an excellent article supporting Ad...Mirah Riben has an excellent article supporting Adam on Huffington Post:<br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mirah-riben/adam-crapser-adopted-abus_b_7005562.html<br />Please read it and forward it.maryannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-19234553592641935162015-04-08T15:09:45.531-04:002015-04-08T15:09:45.531-04:00I understand the intent of Sen Merkley's amend...I understand the intent of Sen Merkley's amendment is to save Adam and other intercountry adoptees facing deportation. The bill is probably being drafted now. I've emailed Sen. Merkely's office to get a number for the bill. We'll know more when we see the bill. <br /><br />If Sens Merkley and Klobuchar can't get this bill through, it's possible they could get a bill through granting Adam granting citizenship. Jane Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715622112694146946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-31587820970941985512015-04-08T14:56:43.348-04:002015-04-08T14:56:43.348-04:00Could this amendment save Adam Crapser from deport...Could this amendment save Adam Crapser from deportation? <br /><br />http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/could-amendment-save-adoptee-adam-crapser-deportation-n337401<br /><br />Abridged.<br />Adam Crapser has been granted a brief reprieve as his deportation hearings have been delayed until June.<br /><br />Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) have agreed to co-sponsor an amendment to the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 that would grant automatic U.S. citizenship to all international adoptees, including retroactive citizenship to those such as Crapser who were already 18 when the Act first went into effect.<br /><br />Because adoptees were brought to the United States through a legal transaction involving a foreign government, the U.S. government, and an American family, advocates say the U.S. government has a legal obligation to that child.<br /><br />"For the U.S. to deport adoptees to a country they likely do not speak the language, do not understand the culture, and do not have any connections or resources is a reprehensible and shameful act," said March. "If members of Congress do not support this amendment, it is equivalent to objecting to the fundamental purpose and values of adoption."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-6335263460431155822015-04-07T10:48:10.743-04:002015-04-07T10:48:10.743-04:00You can listen to Adam talking to Kevin Vollmers h...You can listen to Adam talking to Kevin Vollmers here on sound cloud:<br />https://soundcloud.com/gazillion-voices/adam-crapser-gazillion-voices-radioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-60939310964978559332015-04-07T10:02:40.917-04:002015-04-07T10:02:40.917-04:00For anyone encountering difficulty signing the pet...For anyone encountering difficulty signing the petition . . . the fields worked for me as soon as I switched to Google Chrome. Jessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-22231689165927797822015-04-06T21:18:25.725-04:002015-04-06T21:18:25.725-04:00Support Adam. And the16% of Korean adoptees who we...Support Adam. And the16% of Korean adoptees who were never formally naturalized:<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/03/adam-crapser-deportation-korean-adoption-system-immigration?CMP=share_btn_twAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-24824602180681922192015-04-06T13:41:44.802-04:002015-04-06T13:41:44.802-04:00Thanks so much Jane, the bill # would be most usef...Thanks so much Jane, the bill # would be most useful. There is also a petition, I signed it.<br />http://action.18mr.org/crapser/ <br /> I also alerted CUB, waiting to hear a response. There is also a Facebook page supporting Adam for those who do that. Anyone else with information on this case, or just want to show support, please let us know.maryannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-34081254011979676542015-04-06T12:34:44.013-04:002015-04-06T12:34:44.013-04:00Thanks, maryanne, Perhaps CUB's officers would...Thanks, maryanne, Perhaps CUB's officers would endorse it with CUB's name. Getting the support of an organization is very helpful. <br /><br />I'll email Sen Merkley's office and see if I can get a bill number. Jane Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715622112694146946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-49904105655627141732015-04-06T06:43:10.256-04:002015-04-06T06:43:10.256-04:00Thank you Jane! Will do that, and also try to get ...Thank you Jane! Will do that, and also try to get CUB to spread the word. We have to help Adam if we care about adoptees and adoption abuse. This is a real life tragedy more important than any movie or TV show.maryannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-35501730050064038432015-04-05T16:55:54.462-04:002015-04-05T16:55:54.462-04:00Ask your friends and relatives to write their sena...Ask your friends and relatives to write their senators. Spread the word. Pass this post on. Friend Adam on Facebook and share his story. <br />Jane Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715622112694146946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-35935837278963248112015-04-05T06:43:53.311-04:002015-04-05T06:43:53.311-04:00I will be writing to my senators to urge support o...I will be writing to my senators to urge support of the bill to give retroactive citizenship to adult international adoptees like Adam and would like to know what else we can do to help and support him. I don't care who introduced the bill or what else they have done, this bill is a good one and should be supported by itself no matter what other things the sponsors are involved in. As they say, "politics makes strange bedfellows" and this is one of those times.<br /><br /> The way Adam has been treated all along is an outrage. Adam has made a good life despite being given nothing but abuse and rejection and deserves at least to have a "forever country" if not family. Seeing the pictures of him as a child breaks my heart, how could anyone do that to such a beautiful innocent child?<br /><br />I have a particular distrust of child hoarders, those families who adopt or foster more kids than anyone could decently care for, often special needs children. I've heard too many stories of abuse in these "families" that are really unsupervised group homes. Adam has a real family now with his wife and kids, and he should be allowed to stay there as the American he has been made to be, and should have full rights as a citizen. For those of us born in the US, imagine being deported to the country your grandparents came from, with no language or knowledge or anyone there you know. Too cruel, the punishment does not fit his minor crimes which he already paid in full for. This is the real full horror of international adoption corruption and lack of oversight.maryannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-53053663909383855802015-04-04T17:31:17.029-04:002015-04-04T17:31:17.029-04:00Yes, Klobuchar has a quite a bit on her website ab...Yes, Klobuchar has a quite a bit on her website about reuniting children their "parents," that is their American would-be adoptive parents. I don't know about pressuring her Russia but it makes sense. There's a small group of senators, Klobuchar, Inhoffe of Oklahoma, others who believe that the solution for the world's poor children is to bring them to the U. S. They were led by adoptive mother former senator Mary Landrieu of LA. Jane Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715622112694146946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-88120240932755077742015-04-04T15:53:41.908-04:002015-04-04T15:53:41.908-04:00Isn't Sen. Klobuchar one of the senators curre...Isn't Sen. Klobuchar one of the senators currently applying bipartisan pressure on the DRC to send their Congolese children to hopeful adopters in the US, despite DRC having sovereignty over their own country and people? It appears so. http://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=1f90ef79-5e8f-470d-a295-16c3b63ccf5d<br /><br />Was she also part of the cohort pressuring Russia just as Russia was deciding to stop sending their children for US adoptions?kymnoreply@blogger.com