The Board of Trustees of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys has remained concerned about migrant children since our announcement this summer that the Board voted to adopt a new Resolution opposing the separation of children from their parents by immigration officials. The Trustees of AAAA believe that no migrant child should be placed for adoption or permanent guardianship here in the United States without the express consent of his or her parent or parents. We have encouraged licensed adoption agencies and our membership to respect the rights of parents whose children are being held by the United States government, either in government facilities or with contracted agencies, and not to consider these children abandoned until all efforts can be made to locate their parents and either return them to their parents or obtain voluntary consents for an adoption.
AAAA’s Resolution Concerning Migrant Children can be found at https://adoptionart.org/about-aaaa/publications/resolutions.