amendment takes two important steps to break down the roadblocks these children face on their journey to find a permanent family. First. and most importantly. it affirms that foreign adopted children of American citizens should be treated in many respects like we treat children born abroad to an American citizen. Under existing law. these children are treated as immigrants. having to apply for. and be granted. immigrant visas to enter the U.S.-a process that we all know to be cumbersome. timeconsuming. and expensive. Had they been born abroad to American citizens. they could simply travel back to the U.S. with a passport and enter as citizens. This amendment eliminates this discrepancy and injects common sense into the way our law views these children.
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