Intercountry Adoptees

FAQ: U.S. Citizenship and Intercountry Adoptees

First published on May 26, 2021 • Last updated on January 29, 2026

Information about issues concerning US citizenship and intercountry adoptees, including how federal legislation could resolve those issues.

What Works, What’s Broken, and Who Bears the Cost

First published on March 18, 2021 • Last updated on November 22, 2022

How current U.S. immigration law has failed intercountry adoptees.

The Kafkaesque Case of James Christian Werthmann

First published on May 5, 2019 • Last updated on November 15, 2022

I’m not the first person to conjure up Kafka as a way to describe James Werthmann’s case. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recognized the absurdity immediately.