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This resolution calls upon the President and Congress to support efforts to naturalize internationally adopted children who were left without U.S. citizenship due to a gap in the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. The resolution highlights that the original act did not provide citizenship to adoptees who were over 18 years old when the law became effective, which has resulted in some adopted individuals facing potential deportation and experiencing significant challenges, including barriers to banking, voting, obtaining passports, accessing social services, and joining the military. The resolution specifically supports the proposed Adoptee Citizenship Act, which would grant citizenship to those adoptees who were brought to the United States as children with the expectation of finding a permanent home and becoming U.S. citizens. The resolution notes that dozens of adoptees have already been deported to countries where they have no cultural or social ties, and emphasizes that efforts to provide citizenship to these adoptees have received bipartisan support and praise from leading adoption advocacy organizations. Additionally, the resolution mandates that copies of the resolution be distributed to key federal government officials and members of Iowa's congressional delegation.

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