AdopteeAdvocacy

02/10/2025

It is essential that I appear for this naturalization interview so that my client is approved for US citizenship.

02/10/2025

We are actively monitoring the case of an intercountry adoptee currently detained by ICE in Alabama. This is an urgent and deeply troubling situation, and we are doing everything we can to secure legal support. Please consider donating to our legal clinic so we can continue fighting for intercountry adoptees facing unjust immigration consequences: https://bit.ly/4hu14Yt

06/26/2024

We are reaching out to the public to ask for your help with donations to support adoptees in obtaining their citizenship. When these individuals were children, they were promised the security and belonging that comes with having a family. However, many are still struggling to achieve the full rights and recognition that come with citizenship. Your generous donations can help fulfill this promise and provide adoptees with the stability and opportunities they deserve. Thank you for your support.

We're excited to launch our Legal Clinic next week! Our Citizenship Clinic is designed to help adult intercountry adoptees obtain the citizenship they should have received when they were adopted into the United States. To continue this crucial work, we need your support! Please consider donating to our clinic to assist fellow adoptees. Every contribution directly benefits our community.
Donate here: https://bit.ly/44dpcJ4 or at the Link in our Bio

02/25/2024

Every so often, I find myself returning to this page, feeling the urge to share my thoughts. Yet, as I ponder over what to say, I realize that it often feels like everything has already been said before. This year marked my 53rd birthday, or rather, last year did, and the question that weighs heavily on my mind is: when will I finally be able to return home? The ache of separation intensifies each time Vanessa, my daughter, visits, only to be torn away from me again. Living as a deported adoptee means enduring this unbearable pain of uncertainty, never knowing when—or if—we'll be reunited.

I consider myself fortunate to receive an annual visit from Vanessa, though sometimes even that feels like a rare blessing. This year, we were fortunate enough to have a friend of hers contribute towards the cost of her ticket, but I can't help but worry about the future. When will we have the means to afford her next visit? Do those back home ever consider the financial and emotional strain we endure when they casually scroll past posts about deported adoptees? Perhaps today, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed, and maybe I should just keep these feelings to myself. But deep down, I can't shake the feeling of being disposable, of grappling with this burden alone, even though I know it's my struggle to bear, not anyone else's.

Thoughts and struggles of a deported adoptee.

06/27/2022

The best podcast ever. Thank you for all your work.

06/17/2022

Help support out deported brothers and sisters.

We will soon announce the pre-order and publication date of “Lions Roaring far From Home: An Anthology by Ethiopian Adoptees,” and we will soon be hosting a Zoom for a deported Ethiopia…

03/21/2022

We Are Forever grateful to Justin for telling our stories, to get the word out there and using his platform to change something that has affected so many of us. Please share please take action please help get adoptees back home.

Chon, director, writer and star of the indie drama "Blue Bayou," discusses the inspirations behind his film.

02/10/2022

Please help people that were adopted as children and as adults find out they don't have citizenship gain their citizenship. The process is costly. Thank you!

Fund dedicated to raising and paying client costs associated with filing fees and other government expenses for intercountry adoptees.

02/05/2022

We are excited to know that the bill has been passed in Congress and now it's on to the Senate. This is the halfway mark folks! We are not done. If you want to help adult adoptees gain their citizenship something that should have been done when we were children but was not we need these petitions signed. We need you to reach out to your Senators. This is a right as the child of a US citizen. Please help us. Thanks!

BREAKING: House of Representatives Passes Rep. Smith's Adoptee Citizenship Act February 4, 2022 WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed his bill, H.R. 1593, the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2021, which was i...

02/02/2022

12/14/2021

Very good podcast. If you don't follow her, please do. Listen to lived experiences by Adoptees. Thank you Haley for all you do.

December 10, 2021 200 [Healing Series] Celebrations December 10, 2021/ Haley Radke Today we are talking about celebrations with Pam Cordano, MFT because we are celebrating 200 episodes of the Adoptees On Podcast! Pam and Haley talk about how celebrations can often feel scary for us as adopted people...