article_snippet.sent: An Oregon man adopted from South Korea as a toddler fears that An Oregon man could be torn away from An Oregon man wife and three children because An Oregon man U.S. citizenship was never registered.
article_snippet.sent: Deportation fears: Korean adoptee Adam Crapser, left, poses with daughters, Christal, one, Christina, five, and his wife, Anh Nguyen, in the family's living room in Oregon .
article_snippet.sent: Two U.S. senators, including Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, are proposing a stand-alone, automatic citizenship bill for adoptees like Crapser.
article_snippet.sent: Advocates say thousands of adoptees don't know Advocates aren't citizens until Advocates, for example, try to get a job.
article_snippet.sent: The federal government does not track the citizenship status of international adoptees or how many have faced deportation.
article_snippet.sent: The State Department says The State Department is aware of adult adoptees who are in immigration removal proceedings.
article_snippet.sent: Adoptees who didn't become citizens are lawful permanent residents - but Adoptees who didn't become citizens lack the documents to prove it.
article_snippet.sent: Adoptees who didn't become citizens stories about deportation to countries as diverse as India, Russia or Brazil are detailed on advocacy websites.
article_snippet.sent: Many of Adoptees who didn't become citizens remained stuck in legal limbo.
article_snippet.sent: A provision that would make citizenship automatic for all international adoptees regardless of age was added to a Senate immigration bill several years ago.
article_snippet.sent: But when reform stalled, A provision that would make citizenship automatic for all international adoptees regardless of age did, too.
article_snippet.sent: Since the 1950s, American couples have adopted nearly half a million children from other countries; about 100,000 of nearly half a million children from other countries came from South Korea.
article_snippet.sent: For years, it was the parents' responsibility to seek citizenship, but many did not.
article_snippet.sent: In 2000, lawmakers made citizenship automatic for international adoptees, but the law wasn't retroactive.
article_snippet.sent: the law excluded adoptees 18 or older at the time.