
No Man's Land
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What Happened to Robin?
When robin was adopted in the seventies, international adoption policy and immigration laws were being dealt with separately by two different departments. When robin's mam went to file for his citizenship, an emigr official told her that she needed a certified certificate of adoption from the state of texas. But she didn't have it, because she said the lawyer overseeing the adoption didn't give it to her. They point their finger at the adopted parents and say, you didn't soe the right paper work. I spoke laura whitely, robins mam, on the phone. She's in her eighties, still lives in texas and is close with robin. And
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