KAC-WA SUPPORTS CITIZENSHIP FOR KOREAN ADOPTEES
KAC-WA SUPPORTS CITIZENSHIP FOR KOREAN ADOPTEES When intercountry adoption first began, U.S. citizenship was not automatically granted to adoptees. Some adoptive parents were not aware of this, and did not complete the naturalization process for their children. This has left thousands of adoptees, including Korean adoptees, without U.S. citizenship. In 2000 Congress passed legislation to address this issue, to ensure that all intercountry adoptees received automatic citizensh