Editorial: Bill closes adoptee citizenship age gap

Immigration law is complex and tricky, fueling a demand for busy lawyers — but babies can’t hire a lawyer, and babies adopted from other countries shouldn’t be penalized for faulty paperwork. That’s the basic argument for a new bill to clean up citizenship status for tens of thousands of adoptees who’ve been excluded from U.S. citizenship because applications weren’t completed during their childhood.

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