Adoptees Apply for Certificate of Citizenship for Free
To my Chinese adoptee friends and kin who became United States citizens under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 and have not traveled outside of the U.S. with a passport […]
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Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2019: A Major Step Forward
Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2019: A Major Step Forward Introduction International adoption is oftentimes talked about in benevolent terms and seen as a new beginning for children who are orphans […]
The Trauma of Familial Separation
Around the U.S., people have been outraged by the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their families when detained at the southern border. Our nation’s collective heart broke when […]
I’m Articulate, And No That Doesn’t Mean I’m White
by Ollin Montes – originally published in Gazillion Voices Magazine, 2014 My love affair began in second grade. This relationship started with playful cuddling on comfy chairs during reading time […]
Adoptee Citizenship Act (S. 2275)
The Child Citizen Act of 2000 granted international adoptees coming into the United States immediate citizenship. This act, however, did not provide retroactive citizenship for adoptees adopted before that date. […]
Displaced Photographs
I am not a refugee or the daughter of refugees. I am an international adoptee from China. Came to the United States, Nothing but a pair of sandals, Some official […]
Open Oval Office Door to all Americans
When I was younger, I proudly declared I wanted to be the president of the United States someday. This lofty dream of mine was crushed when I learned that only natural […]
Red Thread Broken 