They believed that they had legally adopted Lori and filed all necessary documents with the proper authorities. Until this time. there had never been any question or objection raised regarding the legality of the Mexican adoption process. The petition was denied at the district Immigration and Naturalization Service level on the basis that the Burrs failed to establish that Lori was legally adopted. Immigration laws permit U.S. citizen parents to confer immigration status on an adopted child under section 201(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under that section. the petitioner must show that the beneficiary is eligible for Immediate relative status as an unmarried daughter or son by demonstrating that the beneficiary once qualified as their "child" within the meaning of section 101(b)(1) of the act. Adopted children are included in the definition of "child" as defined by the section.
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