This is really a terrible story. Given my work in international adoption,
it's horrifying. There was a process that his adoptive parents should have
gone through when he arrive here, so that he would become a US citizen, but
obviously, they didn't bother. Neither the international adoption agency
involved with his adoption, nor the social worker in his area who did his
home study or her agency, followed up. Immigration didn't follow up, nor did
the courts. In other words, all along the way, there were officials who
should have been monitoring this.
Miriam
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After 37 Years in U.S., South Korean Adoptee to Be Deported
By Elizabeth Preza [1] / AlterNet [2]
October 27, 2016
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A South Korean man who was adopted by an American couple and brought to the
United States 37 years ago when he was just three years old, has been
ordered to return to his country of origin.
Adam Crapser, 41,who is currently in custody at a detention center in
Tacoma, Wash., waved an appeal at his hearing Monday—choosing deportation
over continued incarceration.
"It is heartbreaking news," executive director of the National Korean
American Service & Education Consortium Dae Joong (DJ) Yoon, who’s in
contact with Crapser, told the Associated Press.
"I'm sure he doesn't have any idea what he can do in Korea," Yoon added.
Crapser is one of an estimated 35,000 intercountry adoptees who don’t have
U.S. citizenship. When he was 10, Craper was separated from his sister
through the foster care system after their adopted parents abandoned them.
When he was 12, he moved in with Thomas and Dolly Crapser; Adam Crapser says
he was physically abused by the couple.
In 1991, the Crapsers were arrested on charges of physical abuse, sexual
abuse and rape. Clearly, his troubled childhood had an affect on him.
Shortly after his parents were arrested, Adam Crapser was arrested for
breaking into his their home to retrieve the Korean Bible; he was later
arrested for stealing cars and assaulting one of his roommates. Eventually,
however he settled down and became a law-abiding citizen, settling down in
Vancouver, Washington with his wife and young children.
“Most people don’t understand that I didn’t ask to come here,” he told The
Guardian about his adoption. “I got placed with some idiots but I went on to
live my life the best I could.”
Before 2001, foreign adoptees were not automatically granted citizenship. A
bill to retroactively give them citizenship has been stalled in Congress.
Federal immigration officials became aware of Crapser’s immigration status
after he applied for a green card.
Crapser's attorney, Seattle-based Lori Walls, to the Associated Press that
he is eligible for "cancellation of removal,” but the judge in charge
“decided he did not deserve this relief.”
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"He will be deported as soon as Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes
the necessary arrangements," Walls added. "Adam, his family, and advocates
are heartbroken at the outcome."
Elizabeth Preza is an AlterNet staff writer focusing on politics, media and
cultural criticism. Follow her on Twitter @lizacisms [3].
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By Elizabeth Preza [1] / AlterNet [2]
October 27, 2016
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A South Korean man who was adopted by an American couple and brought to the
United States 37 years ago when he was just three years old, has been
ordered to return to his country of origin.
Adam Crapser, 41,who is currently in custody at a detention center in
Tacoma, Wash., waved an appeal at his hearing Monday—choosing deportation
over continued incarceration.
"It is heartbreaking news," executive director of the National Korean
American Service & Education Consortium Dae Joong (DJ) Yoon, who’s in
contact with Crapser, told the Associated Press.
"I'm sure he doesn't have any idea what he can do in Korea," Yoon added.
Crapser is one of an estimated 35,000 intercountry adoptees who don’t have
U.S. citizenship. When he was 10, Craper was separated from his sister
through the foster care system after their adopted parents abandoned them.
When he was 12, he moved in with Thomas and Dolly Crapser; Adam Crapser says
he was physically abused by the couple.
In 1991, the Crapsers were arrested on charges of physical abuse, sexual
abuse and rape. Clearly, his troubled childhood had an affect on him.
Shortly after his parents were arrested, Adam Crapser was arrested for
breaking into his their home to retrieve the Korean Bible; he was later
arrested for stealing cars and assaulting one of his roommates. Eventually,
however he settled down and became a law-abiding citizen, settling down in
Vancouver, Washington with his wife and young children.
“Most people don’t understand that I didn’t ask to come here,” he told The
Guardian about his adoption. “I got placed with some idiots but I went on to
live my life the best I could.”
Before 2001, foreign adoptees were not automatically granted citizenship. A
bill to retroactively give them citizenship has been stalled in Congress.
Federal immigration officials became aware of Crapser’s immigration status
after he applied for a green card.
Crapser's attorney, Seattle-based Lori Walls, to the Associated Press that
he is eligible for "cancellation of removal,” but the judge in charge
“decided he did not deserve this relief.”
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"He will be deported as soon as Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes
the necessary arrangements," Walls added. "Adam, his family, and advocates
are heartbroken at the outcome."
Elizabeth Preza is an AlterNet staff writer focusing on politics, media and
cultural criticism. Follow her on Twitter @lizacisms [3].
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