I'm currently not recommending U.S. domestic air travel for intercountry adoptees unless it is 1) necessary and 2) they have a U.S. passport. More details. Please read carefully. 🥚 adopteerightslaw.com/advisory-do-...

ADVISORY: Do Not Fly | ARLC

Intercountry adoptees should use caution and possess a US passport book or card when flying within the United States.

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I'm mucking around with a new OBC map---and may tweak some terms. Here's a current draft of things. Let me know what you think. It's something you can play with. 🥚 adopteerightslaw.com/adoptee-obc-...

Adoptee Rights: Original Birth Records by State

Interactive map showing adult adoptee rights to original birth records across the United States.

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Just putting this here in case you are A VIRGINIA-BORN ADOPTEE WHO WANTS A COPY OF YOUR OWN ORIGINAL BIRTH RECORD. Just saying. 🥚 adopteerightslaw.com/virginia-ori...

Virginia's New OBC Law | Adoptee Rights Law Center

All about Virginia's new OBC law--- and how to apply for your own original birth record, starting July 1, 2026.

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In ongoing efforts to reduce the number of people who become US citizens, the Trump administration is seeking to jack up naturalization filing fees by more than 80%---and get rid of existing fee waivers for those who do not have the means to pay adopteerightslaw.com/us-increase-...

The US Wants to Jack Up the Price to Naturalize | ARLC

The Trump administration seeks to jack up filing fees by 80% for people applying to naturalize, while also eliminating existing fee waivers.

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It's the last week to request a free (adoptee community only) advance reader copy of THE MINIMALIST! For fans of TÁR and THE PIANO TEACHER, THE MINIMALIST is a psychological horror novel featuring adoptee issues & the agony & ecstasy of classical music. 🥚 Request here by June 19: tr.ee/FdlY1S

So far, for a limited number of intercountry adoptees applying for Certificates of Citizenship, fingerprints are being required. Here's what to know about this development. 🥚 adopteerightslaw.com/fingerprints...

Fingerprints and the N-600 | Adoptee Rights Law Center

Suddenly, fingerprints are being taken for N-600 applications in specific limited circumstances. Here's what to know.

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Y'all! Starting July 1, 20026, we go from 16 to 17. More info: mailchi.mp/0fa10318c33e...

"The problem is decades old, but has taken on new urgency during the Trump administration’s determination to deport millions of undocumented immigrants." Thanks to @nytimes.com and Elizabeth Williamson for this article www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/u...

Born Abroad and Fearful of ICE, Adoptees Try to Prove They Belong

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So, I wrote a bill. It does something ridiculously radical in America: release a certified copy of an adult adoptee’s own adoption decree . . . to the adult adopted person—upon request. Minnesota SF4382.

Imma be busy. adopteerightslaw.com/where-to-fin...

Upcoming | Adoptee Rights Law Center

It's been an incredibly busy time for me. Here's where you can find me in the coming months.

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I do not like the days when I must inform an intercountry adoptee that they are not a US citizen. Today is such a day, and there will be more days like this until we work to fix it. 🥚

An article for anyone who misunderstands—or doubts—the fear and lasting damage that US-supported terrorism does to entire communities. In an American city. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

A Winter of Anguish for Minneapolis Children

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I did not have "Chad is the leader of antifa" on my bingo card.

One of the plaintiffs in this case is a client---and an intercountry adoptee 🥚 whose only lifeline to remain and work in the US is the Haiti TPS program. Her courage to become a named plaintiff is 🔥 www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Federal judge blocks termination of Haitian TPS, keeps protections from ending Tuesday

With Temporary Protected Status, TPS, set to end at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, a federal judge in Washington renders a decision.

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A newly introduced Iowa bill requires post-adoption interviews with the adoptive parents and the adopted person, including a "face-to-face interview with the adopted person conducted outside the presence of the parent named in the final adoption decree." 🥚 www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...

This premieres today on PBS. It traces an accomplished film editor's journey through decades of secrecy, creative accomplishment, and eventual reunion with a daughter she lost as a teenager www.pbs.org/independentl...

Vivien’s Wild Ride - Independent Lens

When her eyesight begins to fade, a film editor reimagines belonging and what it truly means to see.

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Adam Crapser talks about his deportation to Korea, his unsuccessful court case against Holt, and Korean adoptees in the United States but without US citizenship [In English and Korean] youtu.be/G-P5nmhwmo8?...

"아이들에게 한국에서 살 기회를 주세요" 고향을 '외국'으로 만든 입양 기관에 맞서고 있는 아담 크랩서의 이야기 | 추적60분 인터뷰

YouTube video by KBS 추적60분

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Faith-based groups, organized labor, individuals, and community-based organizations are calling for a General Strike on January 23, 2026. #generalstrike 🥚

If you want to hear about all that's been going on with immigration, US citizenship, and overall adoptee rights, join me and Anna Sarkitova this Sunday, January 18 at 2pm Central/3pm Eastern, all part of the @aaom-adoptees.bsky.social speaker series www.eventbrite.com/e/citizenshi...

With the chaos and violence here in my hometown of Minneapolis (I can hear the helicopters right now), it's a good time to remind people that many intercountry adoptees don't have US citizenship. Here's more info and an ask: adopteerightslaw.com/action/citiz...

Action: US Citizenship for Intercountry Adoptees

Ask your US Senators and House Representative to support a bill providing US citizenship for all intercountry adoptees in the United States

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Today the Danish Parliament's social affairs committee held an open hearing on the statute of limitation in adoption cases. Three experts presented evidence on why illegal #adoption should be exempt from the statute of limitations: 🥚

MJ@moonjoo.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I dag var der åbent ekspertmøde om forældelsesfrister på adoptionsområdet i Folketingets socialudvalg. Adopterede får ofte at vide at man ikke kan lave om på noget der skete i fortiden, at kompensation jo ikke ændrer noget. www.ft.dk/udvalg/udval... #adoption #dkpol

Newly filed OBC bills in California and Virginia, one with a hearing today. From the @adopteesunited.bsky.social 2026 State Legislation update. adopteesunited.org/legislation/...

State Legislation | Adoptees United Inc.

Analysis and action on state-level legislation impacting adopted people in the United States.

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"The named Haitian plaintiffs in the lawsuit include a registered nurse, a doctoral candidate researching Alzheimer’s disease, a woman adopted by Americans and a college student." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...

Fate of 350,000 Haitians at Stake as Court Weighs Temporary Protected Status

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Traveling today and nn my way to this interview. I’ll report back what I learn. adopteerightslaw.com/uscis-wants-...

USCIS Wants to Interview My Client--For a Certificate of Citizenship

Scheduling an interview for a Certificate of Citizenship case is confusing, wasteful, and a potentially troubling development.

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Interviews for an Application for a Certificate of Citizenship (N-600) are rare. Yet here we are 😳🥚 adopteerightslaw.com/uscis-wants-...

USCIS Wants to Interview My Client--For a Certificate of Citizenship

Scheduling an interview for a Certificate of Citizenship case is confusing, wasteful, and a potentially troubling development.

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Big California Update. An intercountry adoptee has received a pardon from Gov. Newsom, paving the way to remove a deportation order and reclaim green card status. Kudos to @governor.ca.gov for his action, especially in recognizing the impact on adopted people www.gov.ca.gov/2025/11/07/g...

Governor Newsom announces multiple clemency actions | Governor of California

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Hey, 🥚 people. This Alabama bill just came across my desk and I'm curious what you think of it. It would allow for "de facto" adoptions, treating them as stepparent adoptions. Info and text of the bill is here: legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB63...

Especially today, props to intercountry adopted people who speak out about being denied US citizenship despite being adopted by US citizen parents decades ago 🥚 www.bbc.com/news/article...

The American adoptees who fear deportation to a country they can't remember - BBC News

Thousands of US adoptees do not have citizenship despite being brought to the country as babies decades ago. Now many fear deportation.

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🥚 for the adoptee feed - this is my second novel, and my first with an adoptee protagonist! 🥰 🙂

The US Senate has introduced the bipartisan Protect Adoptees and American Families Act, formerly known as the Adoptee Citizenship Act. Let's get this enacted so that thousands of intercountry adoptees finally secure US citizenship. 🥚 adopteesunited.org/congress-int...

The Protect Adoptees and American Families Act | Adoptees United

The fight for US citizenship for all intercountry adoptees continues, with introduction of the Protect Adoptees and American Families Act

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