International Adoption
America is known by various names for instance the land of opportunities, land of the free, home of the brave, the U.S.A. however one is especially a perfect fit to describe America, “The Giant Melting Pot.” International adoption has impacted the shape of this melting pot. Loss of culture, and identity should be considered in international adoption because its effects on bonding with the child as well as the time , money and emotions it has on the adopting child and families. What is international adoption and why do people want to do it? Well, international adoption is where someone adopts a child from a country other than their own through permanent legal means; and bring that child to their country of residence to live with them permanently. People choose to adopt for different reasons other than infertility such as environmental and
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In 1948, The Displaced Persons Act allowed 3,000 orphans to enter the United States due to the lacking number of children needing homes to the number of people looking to adopt after World War two. 500 foreign orphans in 1953 were annually allowed to enter the country by servicemen and employees of the federal government. The Refugee Relief Act passed in 1955 gave 4,000 orphans visas in the next three years. With the availability of abortion and birth control the number of infants being adopted in America decreased while foreign adoptions increased in 1973. Multiethnic Placement Act from 1994 forbids adoption agencies that get federal funding from rejection transracial adoptions on the sole basis of race, but allows the use of race in foster and adoptive placements. Between 2004 and 2005 22,739 orphans were adopted from the top four popular countries China, Russia, Guatemala and South Korea however in 2004 there were an estimate of 45,000 adopted which dropped to about 25,000 in 2011. (“Adoption