Children Adopted Abroad Are Now U.S. Citizens

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

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More than 75,000 children adopted abroad and living in the United States automatically became American citizens on February 27, 2001, thanks to a new immigration law, the Child Citizenship Act, passed by Congress last year. The law grants automatic citizenship to most adopted children born abroad, who are under the age of 18 and have at least one parent or legal guardian who is an American citizen. About 20,000 such adoptions occur every year. Prior to the . . .