As many or most of you know my wife and I adopted a girl from China in March, 2008. She became a citizen of the United States the moment her feet touched American soil in the airport in Chicago and her passport was stamped with the appropriate stamp. She also gained the rights due any other American citizen including the right to inherit property just as any natural born children would gain by right of birth. Thus adoption of children has become my passion. This week I was made aware of a situation, that we too could have faced, but fortunately did not, nevertheless I wish to assist this family in any way possible. An American couple adopted a little 4 year old from China on the 28th of July. At that point they became her legal parents. After that one has to go to the local approved health agency for a medical exam to make sure they can come to the United States. When they went, the little girl tested positive for TB. However, she has been taking treatment, has responded to it quite well and previous tests showed it negative. Under new rules put in place by the CDC on July 1st, all children 2-14, wishing to come to the United States, have to be tested for TB. The problem with this is, if the child tests positive, they have to stay in the country they were adopted in, for some unknown time until the CDC approves their immigration. So on Friday, this couple had to leave their new daughter behind in China, while they came home. She will not be able to enter the US for a period which could be from 2 to 6 months. If you wish to see public enemy number 1 - http://jayscruggs.livejournal.com/2009/08/06/ You can then scroll down to read more or click on the calendar in the right side to see backward in their story or on the 8th for the latest action plan to bring their daughter home. The favor I ask is that you read / sign this petition and pass along either the link to the petition to or this entire note. http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/build-families-not-barriers.html Sincerely, Tim Stowell

I am so sorry that this happened to this family. Part of the problem is that people are not having their children vaccinated at the appropriate times, and so, unfortunately, TB, and other diseases are on the rise. I hope this situation gets resolved soon. Liz Stowell Parmalee -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Timothy Stowell Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 9:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [STOWELL] to help a child As many or most of you know my wife and I adopted a girl from China in March, 2008. She became a citizen of the United States the moment her feet touched American soil in the airport in Chicago and her passport was stamped with the appropriate stamp. She also gained the rights due any other American citizen including the right to inherit property just as any natural born children would gain by right of birth. Thus adoption of children has become my passion. This week I was made aware of a situation, that we too could have faced, but fortunately did not, nevertheless I wish to assist this family in any way possible. An American couple adopted a little 4 year old from China on the 28th of July. At that point they became her legal parents. After that one has to go to the local approved health agency for a medical exam to make sure they can come to the United States. When they went, the little girl tested positive for TB. However, she has been taking treatment, has responded to it quite well and previous tests showed it negative. Under new rules put in place by the CDC on July 1st, all children 2-14, wishing to come to the United States, have to be tested for TB. The problem with this is, if the child tests positive, they have to stay in the country they were adopted in, for some unknown time until the CDC approves their immigration. So on Friday, this couple had to leave their new daughter behind in China, while they came home. She will not be able to enter the US for a period which could be from 2 to 6 months. If you wish to see public enemy number 1 - http://jayscruggs.livejournal.com/2009/08/06/ You can then scroll down to read more or click on the calendar in the right side to see backward in their story or on the 8th for the latest action plan to bring their daughter home. The favor I ask is that you read / sign this petition and pass along either the link to the petition to or this entire note. http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/build-families-not-barriers.html Sincerely, Tim Stowell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message