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> Conservative opponents categorize it as an undesirable “immigration bill” and demand that adopted people with criminal records and the many dozen adoptees who

> Conservative opponents categorize it as an undesirable “immigration bill” and demand that adopted people with criminal records and the many dozen adoptees who have already been deported be excluded from the bill. I’d also like to see a source for this claim. In the house there are 13 republican co-sponsors for the Adoptee Citizenship Act (including my rep). My personal experience is that adoptive parents are overwhelmingly conservative.

pseudalopex 2y ago
Adam Smith sponsored the last bill. He said the issue being tied to immigration hindered the bill according to NPR.[1] A National Korean American Service and Education Consortium representative said some Congress members don’t want to touch an immigration bill unless it is about border security according to AsAmNews.[2] Over 200 House Republicans did not sponsor the last bill. Do we need a source for some Republicans not supporting citizenship for people with criminal records? How are adoptive parents' politics relevant? [1] https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/g-s1-60166/trump-immigration-citizenship-deportation-adoptee-south-korea https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/g-s1-60166/trump-immigration-... [2] https://asamnews.com/2024/08/21/adoptees-face-deportation-uncertain-status-mistake-parents-made/ https://asamnews.com/2024/08/21/adoptees-face-deportation-un...
w0m 2y ago
> My personal experience is that adoptive parents are overwhelmingly conservative. The current republican leadership has been pretty shit lately insofar as being human. “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy” being a direct and recent quote by arguably the most powerful man on the planet. That isn't to disagree with your personal experience by any stretch; just point out that those in power/pushing these laws are much more... raging asshole. MGT celebrating the popes death today as another example. That's why the current voting trends frustrate me so much; base morality seems to have left the conversation. :(
bastardoperator 2y ago
None of this matters if we do not have due process.

pseudalopex 2y ago

Adam Smith sponsored the last bill. He said the issue being tied to immigration hindered the bill according to NPR.[1] A National Korean American Service and Education Consortium representative said some Congress members don’t want to touch an immigration bill unless it is about border security according to AsAmNews.[2] Over 200 House Republicans did not sponsor the last bill. Do we need a source for some Republicans not supporting citizenship for people with criminal records? How are adoptive parents' politics relevant? [1] https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/g-s1-60166/trump-immigration-citizenship-deportation-adoptee-south-korea https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/g-s1-60166/trump-immigration-... [2] https://asamnews.com/2024/08/21/adoptees-face-deportation-uncertain-status-mistake-parents-made/ https://asamnews.com/2024/08/21/adoptees-face-deportation-un...

w0m 2y ago

> My personal experience is that adoptive parents are overwhelmingly conservative. The current republican leadership has been pretty shit lately insofar as being human. “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy” being a direct and recent quote by arguably the most powerful man on the planet. That isn't to disagree with your personal experience by any stretch; just point out that those in power/pushing these laws are much more... raging asshole. MGT celebrating the popes death today as another example. That's why the current voting trends frustrate me so much; base morality seems to have left the conversation. :(

bastardoperator 2y ago

None of this matters if we do not have due process.