PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland teen who was at risk of being deported even though she was adopted by American parents has learned she’s on the fast track to legally live, work and attend college in the United States.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has sent 19-year-old Blanca Catt a letter telling her that she’s on the waiting list to get a coveted U visa. The Oregonian says she can expect it in less than two months.
She’s eligible for the visa because she was a crime victim as a child. Catt was born in Mexico, brought into the U.S. as a toddler and seized from abusive parents by state child-welfare workers. She was placed into foster care with the Catt family and later adopted. Her adoptive parents say caseworkers told them their daughter automatically became a U.S. citizen because of the adoption. But that wasn’t true.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
