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Russell Steinthal @steintr.bsky.social

Also, relatively small part of the overall issue, but what about infant adoptions? (Generally an exception from enumeration-at-birth even in the current system.) Is the idea that SSA has to adjudicate the legal status of the birth parents, even when it's the adoptive parents applying for the SSN?

jul 1, 2025, 5:40 pm • 1 0

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Guan Yang @guan.dk

Adoptions in general seem like a nightmare. INA 320, the statute usually used to give US citizenship to foreign adoptees, only applies to children born outside the US. If a US couple adopts a child who is not a citizen at birth, I don’t see how that child can ever become a citizen?

jul 1, 2025, 5:52 pm • 5 0 • view