WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Mike Lee issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation (https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/FC5B2B00-03B3-49AE-80EE-CE85BC6B70F7) with Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) closing burdensome loopholes for America's adoptive families. The bill updates adoptee citizenship protocols in alignment with established law to grant citizenship for adopted children of American parents.
"Established law provides America's adopted kids with naturalization, but a loophole has excluded those who were over 18 when this policy was passed decades ago. This bill will fix this oversight to bring these adopted Americans into accordance with the law and close the loopholes afflicting established f...