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China’s abrupt decision to end its intercountry adoption program has left hundreds of American families heartbroken and the children they were matched with in limbo. The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs announced that it would no longer “carry out foreign adoption work” as of August 28, 2024, a move that has frozen cases at every stage and shattered years of waiting for hopeful parents.
For more than 300 U.S. families who had been matched with children, this is not an abstract policy change — it is a personal catastrophe. Many of these children have special medical needs or are nearing ages that could make them ineligible for adoption later, and the State Department has been forced to seek clarification from Beijing while expressing sympathy for the families left stranded.
This isn’t a small blip; it’s the sudden dismantling of a program that helped tens of thousands of American families bring Chinese children into loving homes over decades. The scale of American adoptions from China over the years underscores how cruel and arbitrary this shutdown is for ordinary people who followed the rules and invested emotionally and financially in bringing children home.
Congress isn’t sitting on its hands — bipartisan lawmakers have formally urged the White House to take action, pressing the administration to engage Beijing and secure a path forward for the children and families impacted. A March 17, 2025 letter from Members of Congress called on President Trump to intervene and negotiate urgently on behalf of these Americans who deserve answers and action.
Let’s be blunt: the Chinese Communist Party’s decision reads like another example of its contempt for individual human dignity and family values, prioritizing state control over the welfare of children. Faith-based and adoption advocacy groups have warned that this move leaves vulnerable kids with fewer options and urged U.S. officials to push for exceptions and protections for the roughly 300 families left in limbo.
President Trump was elected promising to put American families first, and this situation is a test of that promise. The administration should deploy every lawful diplomatic and humanitarian tool at its disposal — from high-level negotiations to expediting immigration pathways for children already matched — and make it clear that America will stand for families and children, not for foreign bureaucracies that trample them.
Conservatives and patriots must rally behind these families, demanding vigorous action and refusing to normalize Beijing’s indifference. This is about more than policy; it’s about defending the right of American parents to build families and the obligation of our government to fight for citizens who have been betrayed by a foreign regime.
