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I was glad to see some national coverage of this important but unfamiliar issue. #adopteesonadoption #adoptees Born Abroad and Fearful of ICE, Adoptees Try to Prove They Belong - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/us/politics/foreign-adoptees-citizenship-immigration-enforcement.html

Born Abroad and Fearful of ICE, Adoptees Try to Prove They Belong

Up to 200,000 people adopted as children from abroad are vulnerable to deportation by an administration searching for problems with their citizenship.

The New York Times

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Tony Corsentino 2d ago

for those who don’t know, adoption of children and adoption of pets tend to be described in identical language: “forever home,” “gotcha day,” “rehoming,” etc. it is taboo for #adoptees to act against our socially prescribed roles as a rescue objects, forever morally beholden to our saviors.

Tony Corsentino Mar 11

I’m proud of the work #adoptees and birthparents have done over generations to create a systematic critique of our culture’s addiction to adoption & its dependence on a horrifically predatory adoption industry. I praise ther willingness to speak truth, knowing they will earn endless abuse for it. +

Tony Corsentino Mar 7

if you don’t like the idea that #adoptees are treated as other people’s property—despite there being a $34 billion market in children—then maybe we can agree that adoptees’ legal identities are other people’s property. “I want a child to call my own.” OK, here’s a piece of paper that proves it

Tony Corsentino Mar 2

If you can, please support VA #adoptees in their effort to regain their rights to their own vital records!

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Tony Corsentino Feb 27

meanwhile, other #adoptees are getting *essays* published on Punch the Monkey

Tony Corsentino Feb 26

my fellow cis people should shut up and understand the gravity of the situation. adopted people have *also* known for generations that the state will decree whatever it wishes about a person’s identity. Intercountry #adoptees know that caprices with paperwork can lead to seizure and disappearance.

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Tony Corsentino Feb 26

yes I do hope that the ACLU does right by trans people and their control over their own identifying documents, because they sure as fuck don’t stand up for #adoptees in OUR fight.

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Tony Corsentino Feb 25

Martin Short’s adopted daughter died by suicide. I don’t know how familiar people are with the prevalence of suicide and suicidality among #adoptees. One frequently cited study concluded that adopted people are four times as likely to attempt suicide as non-adoptees.

Risk of Suicide Attempt in Ado...

Risk of Suicide Attempt in Adopted and Nonadopted Offspring

We asked whether adoption status represented a risk of suicide attempt for adopted and nonadopted offspring living in the United States. We also examined whether factors known to be associated with suicidal behavior would mediate the relationship ...

PubMed Central (PMC)

Tony Corsentino Feb 19

reminded again of the intercountry #adoptees who risk deportation for the serious crime of having chosen to be born outside the USA

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