Chinese adoptees no threat to U.S.
Sunday May 11, 2008
I was taken aback by Caroline Helregel's May 4 letter. I am the proud mother of two daughters adopted from China, and it never occurred to me they would be viewed as a threat to domestic security and the American way of life. Given there have been only about 68,000 children adopted by American parents since the China program opened in 1992, it wouldn't exactly flood the country with Chinese if every single adoptee marries a Chinese spouse and returns to the U.S.
Furthermore, given the rich and varied contributions made by Chinese-Americans, we could look forward to an influx of energy and ideas from these new immigrants.
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