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FILE - South Korean adoptee Adam Crapser speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Adoptee deported from the U.S. over lack of citizenship criticizes South Korea and agency

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this Jan. 2, 2019, photo, South Korean adoptee Adam Crapser speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Crasper was deported from the U.S. four decades after his adoption by American parents is suing the Seoul government and a private adoption agency over what he calls gross negligence. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

AP Exclusive: Adoptee deported by US sues S. Korea, agency

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Jan. 2, 2019, photo, South Korean adoptee Adam Crapser speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Crasper was deported from the U.S. four decades after his adoption by American parents is suing the Seoul government and a private adoption agency over what he calls gross negligence. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Adam Crapser, adoptee deported by U.S., sues South Korea, agency

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2015, file photo, Korean adoptee Adam Crapser, left, poses with daughters, Christal, 1, Christina, 5, and his wife, Anh Nguyen, in the family's living room in Vancouver, Wash. After struggling with joblessness because of his lack of immigration papers, homelessness and crime, Crapser, a South Korean man who was flown to the U.S. 37 years ago and adopted by an American couple at age 3 has been ordered deported back to a country that is completely alien to him, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka, File)

Feds targeted adoptee from South Korea because of crimes

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2015, file photo, Korean adoptee Adam Crapser, left, poses with daughters, Christal, 1, Christina, 5, and his wife, Anh Nguyen, in the family's living room in Vancouver, Wash. After struggling with joblessness because of his lack of immigration papers, homelessness and crime, Crapser, a South Korean man who was flown to the U.S. 37 years ago and adopted by an American couple at age 3 has been ordered deported back to a country that is completely alien to him, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka, File)

Feds targeted adoptee from South Korea because of crimes

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2015, file photo, Korean adoptee Adam Crapser, left, poses with daughters, Christal, 1, Christina, 5, and his wife, Anh Nguyen, in the family's living room in Vancouver, Wash. After struggling with joblessness because of his lack of immigration papers, homelessness and crime, Crapser, a South Korean man who was flown to the U.S. 37 years ago and adopted by an American couple at age 3 has been ordered deported back to a country that is completely alien to him, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka, File)

Adopted and brought to US, South Korean man to be deported

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

Adam Crapser, 40, who now has a wife and children including 1-year-old Christal, was adopted from South Korea when he was young, but his adoptive parents neglected to make him a U.S. citizen and re-homed him. (Associated Press)

Adoptees decry re-homing as states move to end practice

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times