tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post2782855812020066717..comments2024-03-21T04:45:43.081-04:00Comments on AMERICAN INDIAN ADOPTEES: Intercountry Adoptees: Heard any Arizona Travel warnings?LThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395257432521760435noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post-27074150256916262982010-08-15T13:44:17.251-04:002010-08-15T13:44:17.251-04:00More on this subject: http://www.kilgorenewsherald...More on this subject: http://www.kilgorenewsherald.com/news/2010-06-29/Front_Page/Woman_without_a_country.html<br /><br />http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/08/15/whose-anchor-baby/LThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395257432521760435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post-90998101267311755412010-06-28T11:26:01.765-04:002010-06-28T11:26:01.765-04:00My [adoptive] parents actually reside in Arizona, ...My [adoptive] parents actually reside in Arizona, so my husband and I visit the state frequently. I'm a Korean adoptee, and when I first learned of this legislation, I immediately felt threatened. I became an American citizen at age 5 by "naturalization," yet obviously legislation that demands "papers" (because I'm basically not White) makes me anxious and nervous. <br /><br />As you wrote, "Will adoptive parents have to prove their kids are legal? Yes. If intercountry adoptees are caught without 'believable' legal papers, they could be sent back to their country of origin when Arizona catches them." If for some reason that single sheet of paper--my naturalization paper--somehow was lost, I'd have no way to prove that I am in fact an American citizen...Milahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088039434355591753noreply@blogger.com