The exemption will save adoptees thousands of dollars and will remove the biggest barrier for many intercountry adoptees who seek to secure proof of US citizenship.
French Report on Intercountry Adoption
French historians released a report on France’s history and involvement in intercountry adoption, finding decades-long evidence of illicit practices, fraud, and child trafficking.
Swiss Report on Intercountry Adoption: English Translation
Swiss researchers describe fraught and haphazard practices that over decades established a “fait accompli” approach to transnational adoption, which facilitated child trafficking, led to falsified birth records, and ultimately promoted adoptive parent desire for a child over the best interests and welfare of vulnerable children and their families.