|
|||||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|||||||
Clinton signs 2 new
pieces of
international adoption related legislation
by Michelle
Konieczny
On Friday, October 6, 2000
President Bill Clinton signed into law the Intercountry Adoption
Act of 2000 (H.R. 2909) which implements the treaty more commonly
known as the Hague Convention on Intercounty Adoption. The US
signed this treaty in 1994, and it is meant to set guidelines for
international adoptions while restricting child trafficking and
fraud.
Upon signing the Act Clinton said, "Adoption is an emotional
event. With the complexities of international law and procedures,
these cases are often overwhlming for the families involved. The
Hague Convention and the implementing legislation will provide
protections for children and parents engaged in intercountry
adoption and will help ensure a standard of service that all
families deserve."
President Clinton also signed the Child Citizenship Act of 2000
which confers US Citizenship automatically upon certain
foreign-born children, including those adopted by citizens of the
United States, who do not acquire US Citizenship at birth.
President Clinton offered the following words in a White House
press release; "Under prior law, foreign-born adopted
children could by subject to removal if they did not acquire US
Citizenship after being brought to the United States -- even if
they had lived their lives since infancy in the United States.
While this Act willnot remedy past cases where adopted children
were deported, it will ensure that this unfortunate possibility
will be eliminated for most non-citizen adopted children under
the age of 18 and for all noncitizen children adopted into US
households in the future. I welcome this action to support
families who adopt foreign-born children by removing an
unnecessary impediment to citizenship for these and other
foreign-born children."
[Front Page][Alerts][News][Features][Activism
Issues][Legal
Issues][Search
Issues]
[From the Founders][From the Editor][From the Readers][The Petition][Print Version]
[Message Boards][Archives][Subscribe][Link to Us][About Us][Contact Us]
WARNING: This
Website, design and content copyright 2000 by the owner and
developer. All Rights Reserved. For Information on how to obtain
a print version for Distribution go here: Print
Version.
For Permission to republish any article appearing in the Adoption
Activism Press please send inquiry to:
permission@taap.8k.com