Two identical bills were recently introduced, one in the House, one in the Senate, to amend the Intercountry Adoption Act, expanding the requirement for accreditation for all US adoption agencies offering intercountry adoption services. Both versions have been introduced and are now in Committee. The full text of the amendments can be found here (they are identical): House version: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr6027/textSenate …
Category: Intercountry Adoption
AdopSource Letter to President Obama
PEAR supports AdopSource’s efforts to stop adoptees from being deported to their countries of origin. See their recent letter to President Obama here: http://adopsource.org/Shepherd_Community_Letter_%20final.pdf Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/ People for Ethical Adoption Reform www.pear-now.org
Article: Lack of accountability leaves Kairi in limbo
Reprinted with permission of the Author, Michelle Harrison: adoptive mother, friend of PEAR, and Director of Shishur Sevay. INSIDE STORY: Lack of accountability leaves Kairi in limbo ARTICLE | MAY 30, 2012 – 8:31PM | BY DR. MICHELLE HARRISON Kolkata – Kairi Abha Shepherd was adopted from India at three months of age and has no country to call home. …
USCIS Presentation onTeleconference on Bringing Home Adopted Children
On September 21, USCIS National Benefits Center (NBC) invited interested parties to participate in a national stakeholder meeting to discuss steps that should occur with USCIS after a family returns home to the United States with their adopted child. USCIS has published a power point of the issues covered. The information may be helpful to prospective adoptive parents in preparing …