Phillip Clay was a boy of 8 when he left the Eunpyeong Orphanage in
South Korea, beginning a new life as the adopted son of a Philadelphia
couple in 1983.
As he grew into adulthood he lacked direction, becoming trapped in a cycle of illegal drugs, jails, and mental-health centers.
He lacked something else too: U.S. citizenship, an oversight from an
era when many parents didn’t realize that adoption and immigration were
two separate processes.
Deemed
legally undocumented and marked by a lengthy criminal record, Clay was
deported to Korea in 2012. During the next five years he struggled to
speak the language and to make connections in the robust community of
Korean adoptees who have returned to their homeland in search of
identity and birth-parents.
Two weeks ago, late on the night of May 21, Clay, 42, took an
elevator to the 14th floor of an apartment building in the city of
Ilsan. And from there he jumped.
“His death could have been prevented,” said Monte Haines, another deported adoptee, who knew Clay in Seoul.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/philadelphia/adopted-from-korea-as-a-child-deported-as-an-adult-philly-man-takes-his-life-20170602.html
"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
IN MEMORY OF THOSE INTERNATIONAL ADOPTEES BY US CITIZENS YET WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BE US CITIZENS BECAUSE OF NO BLOOD RELATION BUT ONLY ARE CALLED BY FAMILY NAME ONLY IN ACCORDING TO THE US GOVERNMENT EVEN WHEN ALREADY IN THE US SOIL CAN STILL BE DEPORTED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE AND WHEN AN ACT OF MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY THE COURSE IS NOT STRAIGHT TO JAIL FOR REHABILIATION FOR THE CRIME BUT INSTEAD DEPORTATION FOR LACK OF THE PARENTAL GUIDANCE OR LACK OF MONEYS TO DEFEND AGAINST THE US GOVERNMENT - OFF FOR THE BIG BOOT YOU - AS WAS THE CASE OF A KOREAN ADOPTEE PHILLIP CLAY AND MANY OTHERS - WHEN THE US CANNOT EVEN PROTECT THE LEGAL ADOPTION IT ALLOWS HOW ELSE CAN IT WEED THROUGH THE PRESENT IMMIGRATION CRISIS - HOMELAND SECURITY SINGLE ANSWER IS THE BOOT IS YOU'LL GET YAWL WHERE 30,000 ADOPTEES ARE UNDOCUMENTED - WHERE IF NOT FOR THE CHILD CITIZENSHIP ACT OF 2000 MANY MORE WOULD BE BUT EVEN STILL IF YOU CAN'T PROVE THIS EVEN WHEN IN RELATION TO THE NAME OF THE US CITIZEN PARENT - DEPORTATION MAYBE STILL ALLOWED -
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