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House
Concurrent
Resolution
7
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Introduced
HOUSE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
NO.
7
BY
DUNWELL
,
LOHSE
,
WELDON
,
LAWLER
,
LATHAM
,
GEARHART
,
SIEGRIST
,
INGELS
,
THOMPSON
,
BLOM
,
GERHOLD
,
YOUNG
,
KNIFF
MCCULLA
,
BARKER
,
MOMMSEN
,
SMITH
,
KONFRST
,
MATSON
,
NIELSEN
,
JAMES
,
ZABNER
,
JUDGE
,
SRINIVAS
,
and
WICHTENDAHL
A
Concurrent
Resolution
calling
upon
the
President
of
1
the
United
States
and
the
United
States
Congress
2
to
support
efforts
to
naturalize
certain
legally
3
adopted
children
who
were
born
outside
the
United
4
States.
5
WHEREAS,
the
state
of
Iowa
has
a
long
history
of
6
welcoming
children
through
international
adoptions;
and
7
WHEREAS,
all
Iowans
benefit
from
removing
barriers
8
to
United
States
citizenship
for
adoptees
who
were
born
9
outside
the
United
States;
and
10
WHEREAS,
the
Child
Citizenship
Act
of
2000,
Pub.
L.
11
No.
106-395,
provided
automatic
citizenship
or
a
simple
12
path
to
citizenship
for
certain
children
who
were
born
13
outside
the
United
States,
including
children
legally
14
adopted
by
a
United
States
citizen
(adoptees);
and
15
WHEREAS,
the
Child
Citizenship
Act
did
not
provide
16
citizenship
to
adoptees
who
were
over
eighteen
years
17
of
age
at
the
time
the
Child
Citizenship
Act
became
18
effective,
and
as
a
result,
a
significant
number
of
19
adoptees
remain
without
citizenship
and
are
potentially
20
subject
to
deportation
despite
being
raised
by
United
21
States
citizens;
and
22
WHEREAS,
dozens
of
adoptees
have
been
deported
23
because
they
are
not
citizens,
breaking
up
families
and
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returning
the
adoptees
to
lands
to
which
the
adoptees
1
have
no
cultural
or
social
ties,
including
Argentina,
2
Brazil,
China,
Colombia,
Costa
Rica,
Germany,
El
3
Salvador,
India,
Ireland,
Haiti,
Iran,
Japan,
Mexico,
4
Panama,
the
Philippines,
Russia,
South
Korea,
St.
5
Kitts,
Taiwan,
Ukraine,
and
Vietnam;
and
6
WHEREAS,
adoptees
who
are
unable
to
obtain
United
7
States
citizenship
face
numerous
challenges,
including
8
barriers
to
banking
services,
voting,
passports,
9
driver’s
licenses,
social
security
or
disability
10
benefits,
financial
aid
for
postsecondary
education,
11
and
entry
into
the
armed
forces;
and
12
WHEREAS,
Congress
has
been
working
to
pass
the
13
Adoptee
Citizenship
Act
which
would
grant
citizenship
14
to
adoptees
who
were
eighteen
years
of
age
or
15
older
on
the
date
the
Child
Citizenship
Act
became
16
effective;
and
17
WHEREAS,
passage
of
the
Adoptee
Citizenship
Act
18
will
result
in
the
naturalization
of
many
adoptees
19
who
were
brought
to
the
United
States
as
children
20
under
the
promise
of
finding
a
permanent
home,
and
the
21
expectation
of
United
States
citizenship;
and
22
WHEREAS,
efforts
to
provide
citizenship
to
adoptees
23
who
were
excluded
from
the
Child
Citizenship
Act
have
24
seen
bipartisan
support
in
Congress
and
have
received
25
widespread
praise
from
the
country’s
leading
adoption
26
advocacy
organizations;
NOW
THEREFORE,
27
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
28
THE
SENATE
CONCURRING,
That
the
General
Assembly
of
29
the
State
of
Iowa
calls
upon
the
President
of
the
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United
States
and
the
United
States
Congress
to
support
1
efforts,
including
passage
of
the
Adoptee
Citizenship
2
Act,
to
provide
citizenship
to
adoptees
who
were
born
3
outside
the
United
States
and
who
were
eighteen
years
4
of
age
or
older
on
the
date
the
Child
Citizenship
Act
5
became
effective.
6
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
copies
of
this
7
resolution
be
distributed
to
the
President
of
8
the
United
States,
the
President
of
the
Senate
9
of
the
United
States,
the
Speaker
of
the
House
of
10
Representatives
of
the
United
States,
the
chairs
and
11
ranking
members
of
the
committee
on
the
judiciary
12
for
the
United
States
Senate
and
the
Committee
13
on
the
Judiciary
for
the
United
States
House
of
14
Representatives,
and
to
each
member
of
Iowa’s
15
congressional
delegation.
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