H.R.4603 - Haitian Orphan Placement Effort Act

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand the humanitarian parole policy announced on January 18, 2010, to children legally confirmed as orphans eligible for intercountry adoption by the Government of Haiti prior to the earthquake on January 12, 2010, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand the humanitarian parole policy announced on January 18, 2010, to children legally confirmed as orphans eligible for intercountry adoption by the Government of Haiti prior to the earthquake on January 12, 2010, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Haitian Orphan Placement Effort Act as introduced.
  • Short: HOPE Act as introduced.

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11/23/10
Ideas, Observations, & Mental Mach...

I suspect it will look a lot like H.R. 4603, the Haitian Orphan Placement Effort Act, or HOPE Act. which was introduced by Republican Rep...

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10/25/10
Pentagon's threat-prediction syste...

What did you people think was happening in 2008 when Chris Dodd and another were going nuts trying to amend what was then House Bill H.R....

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07/20/10
Rolling Over on Shirley Sherrod « ...

I'm becoming more befuddled by the hour by this administration, we all should have stopped our "YES WE CAN" that damned day the vote for ...

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06/07/10
One door closed, another opened...

... there was mounting hope that pre-earthquake orphans who now had home study approved families ready to foster-to-adopt them in the US ...

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04/06/10
Our Journey to Adopt: Alive

Adoption update this week is that we wrote to Senator Walden asking him to support H.R. 4603 also known as the Haitian Orphan Placement E...

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03/21/10
Write. Read. Live.: The Deafening ...

Just say “yes” to H.R. 4603 and unite children and parents. As one parent told me it's the not hearing anything that's the hardest. “The ...

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03/17/10
lowercase letters by carissa graha...

Basically - right now, an orphan with documents proving his/her orphan status before the quake is NOT elligible for humanitarian parole -...

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03/16/10
Sounding the Trumpet «

to raise awareness of the bill HR 4603, and an army of people. willing to call and write to Congress, asking them to act on behalf of the...

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03/16/10
This Poetic Present: Thoughts for ...

The Hope Act (H.R. 4603) now has 13 co-sponsors in the house judiciary committee. The more co-sponsors the better. But mostly what we nee...

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03/07/10
Humanitarian Parole and The Lamb «...

Please pray for the other 45 that we are working with the government to be considered for humanitarian parole as well. There is pending. ...

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