[Guadalajara, Jal. November 16, 2020] There are currently an estimated 35,000 to 75,000 intercountry adoptees who do not have U. S. citizenship. The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 made it possible for many foreign-born children to gain automatic citizenship. However, it did not cover adoptees who were 18 or older at that time and already […]
American Children in Mexico: Young Lives Divided by the Border
[Guadalajara, Jal. April 30, 2019] Among the children we’re thinking of today as we advocate, promote, and celebrate children’s rights in Mexico, are the more than 600,000 American children whose lives cut across the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. immigration laws continue to prevent undocumented parents from remaining in the United States with their minor, U.S.-born children. […]