Today’s show was on Adoptions from Haiti
After the Earthquake. We talked about current adoption cases as
well as what the future holds for adopting children orphaned by the
Haitian earthquake last week. Our guests were Whitney
Reitz, Branch Chief, for the International Operations Division U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services; Nyda Budig, Adoption Division
Office of Children's Issues at the US s Tate Dept.; Rebecca
Hackworth, Director of the Haitian Adoption Program at Dillon
International, and Susan Cox, Vice Pres Policy and External Affairs
for Holt International
Status of Haitian adoptions that were in
process when the earthquake struck
Difference between a humanitarian parole and an
immigration visa.
How do they decide which child should receive a
humanitarian parole and which an immigration
visa.
What should adoptive parents do to apply for
either a humanitarian parole or an immigration
visa?
If the child is eligible for either a
humanitarian parole or immigration visa how does the child get to
the US?
How is the US government arranging flights out of
Haiti?
What is the status of the airlift of children
from Haiti to the US using private planes?
What will happen to the approximately 50,000
children that were living in orphanages or institutions prior to
the earthquake but who had not been referred to an adoptive
family?
What is the anticipated time frame for families
that had already applied to adopt from Haiti but had not received a
referral?
When does the US State Department and Citizenship
and Immigration Services anticipate that adoptions from Haiti will
resume?
What type of safeguards, such as DNA testing and
fingerprinting, will be used to protect the children from child
trafficking?
How many children will have been orphaned by the
Haitian earthquake?
When will international adoptions from Haiti
resume?
