Parents awaiting the arrival of adopted children from Haiti feel abandoned by the Biden administration as the State Department refuses to lift passport mandate amid migration crisis.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant and Legares' crews repatriated 309 Haitians to Haiti after intercepting the boat off Florida's coast.has fueled another crisis in the Caribbean as Haitians flock to leave the crime-ridden nation and American parents watch with tied-hands as their legally adopted children are unable to join them in the U.S.
"But the issue is that this program also requires applicants to have a Haitian passport," he continued."It’s totally overwhelmed the passport office." But the situation in reality has become so dire that people have begun scaling the sides of the immigration offices, climbing up stairwells to cut ahead once inside and causing such chaos that applicants with prearranged appointments are either not able to get inside the offices or have had their appointments canceled without a rescheduled date.
American parents and the U.S. National Council for Adoption are calling on the Biden administration to step in.A letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday, obtained by Fox News Digital, urged the department to allow adopted children to enter the U.S. without passports – a move the department permitted just three months ago.
A parent tries to hand off his daughter to get her through the gate of Haiti´s immigration office as they wait their turn to apply for a passport, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.
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