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17212: Solanges: Fwd: Standards to adopt Haitian Children (fwd)




From: Dotie Joseph <dotiej@hotmail.com>

Please contact Ms. Solages directly at: solages@bc.edu

Hello, this is Carrie Solages, I hope all is well.
 >

 >> I am in need of your help for an Asylum case that I am working on.

 >>

 >> I am currently working in a immigration clinic in which I represent

 >> individuals in immigration matters. I am working on a case of an

 >asylum

 >seeker

 >> from Haiti who has faced political persecution in Haiti. He escaped

 >Haiti

 >with

 >> his wife, child and another adopted child. He also has one other

 >adopted

 >child

 >> in Haiti. I have already submitted his case to the authorities and he

 >is

 >> likely to gain asylum. His case is strong.

 >>

 >> However, I have a problem with gaining citizenship for his children.

 >He did

 >> not formally adopt two of his children. He adopted the two children

 >> by

 >

 >paying

 >> a lawyer to make adoption papers. The U.S. will not recognize the

 >adoption

 >of

 >> these children because the Immigration statute sets out certain

 >requirements

 >> for adoption and his case is not sufficient. He gained adoption of

 >> the

 >two

 >> children because their birth parents abandoned them-literally, by

 >placing

 >them

 >> in an outhouse behind his home. The asylum seeker raised them and

 >served as

 >> their parent in everyway possible.

 >>

 >> I would like to know if you know of anyone (a professor or social

 >worker or

 >> anyone) who is knowledgeable of adoption and family structures in

 >Haiti.

 >>

 >> I am in need of an individual to provide a statement describing the

 >methods

 >of

 >> adoption in Haiti and how it is normal or commonly accepted for one

 >> to

 >adopt

 >> or gain control of a child in the manner stated above.

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