Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) met with dozens of families who have been waiting years for the Congolese government to allow their legally adopted children to be united with their parents. During the town-hall-style meeting, families had an opportunity to hear from members of Congress about their efforts to resolve this problem and bring their children home.
Last week, in an encouraging step, the Democratic Republic of the Congo government announced it will allow for the issuance of exit visas to roughly 150 American children - more than a third of all outstanding adoption cases in the DRC involving U.S. families.
