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November 16, 2016: Adam Crapser deported, Holt International held 60th anniversary gala

November 24, 2016
by mike m
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[Adam’s] life story highlights the failings of an adoption system that put him in the homes of one set of parents who abandoned him and another that physically abused him and other adopted children… 41-year-old Crapser arrived in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday morning aboard a commercial airline flight escorted by ICE deportation officers. A sad, horrible moment that creates an permanent, ugly mark in the history of international adoption.  More here. Meanwhile, Holt International commenced […]

Adam Crapser to be deported for his parents’ failures

November 4, 2016
by mike m
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Is there bigger news this year for KADs then Adam Crapser being deported, punished because his parents failed to get him naturalized?  Yes, he had some run-ins with the law in the past, but he served his time – and most fundamentally, he would not be deported if his parents (2 sets of them!) had not failed in their parental responsibility to naturalize their adopted son. On Monday, October 24, 2016, Immigration Judge John C. […]