There are hundreds of children in Democratic Republic of Congo who have been fully, finally, and lawfully adopted by American families and yet they are being kept from their families due to reasons that shift with the seasons. This crisis is now more than 500 days old, and these children deserve to come home now.
During the 16 months that these children and families have been separated, more than a dozen waiting children have died needlessly. For the children that survive this ordeal, they will most certainly bare scars from their institutionalization and separation from their permanent loving families.
Mr. President, you are the key to bringing these children home. Please call President Kabila and find a solution that spares these vulnerable children any more suffering.