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People that want them, and they are in a wonderful setting, and not incarcerated in any way shape or form. after we took the kids out, there was a freeze. and the only children allowed to go were those that already had a court-approved adoption. and sometimes children in broward county, they dont have families yet that they have been approved for. there are people that wanted them and things in process, and there is no reason to put them in jail. we should put them in places like the childrens f...

Adoption process that threatened to turn into a total nightmare. haitis government is cracking down trying to make sure that only true orphans are adopted and that leaves many americans stuck in limbo, a scary and frustrating limbo and were going to talk to one new mom about that in just a moment but first gary tuchman has the story of what happened to her in haiti. >> reporter: six tiny boys in the custody of the haitian government, only minutes before they were to get on a plane to start new l...

That was like. >> well, he was -- is from an orphanage 90 miles from the e epicenter of the earthquake so we were never actually worried about his safety. we were worried about food and supplies to the orphanage but we were not worried about the children there. >> so how did it affect the adoption process for you. >> it sped things up. on january 18th, they agreed to give all haitian children that were in the process of adoption humanitarian parole and so we were really excited to be bringing th...

The first time you were mobbed by people who were screaming at you and cursing you. what was it like? what was going through your head as you were trying to get through that? >> i guess i was really, really scared. the men were not moving at all and we were trying to get away. the three of us had split up a little bit because someone was going to save a space in line and two others were sit in the shade so we were trying to bring the person -- the kids to the person closest to the airport door a...

Orphanage? >> what did you tell her about that? >> hello? >> yes. what did you tell her about that, david? >> well, i told her that -- okay. i told her that the adoption process is difficult for me to take decision. and the person that take decisions is not here. >> so you told her that she could not take -- you told her that she could not take kids into the dominican republic without the permission of the government, correct? >> no. i dont know much about -- i dont know much about that. but i o...

They talk about how they believe that this was a mission from god, that theyre very righteous people, come across as that. and i kind of bought into that. but the more i dug into this, it just seems that they knew from the get-go that what they were going was going to be illegal, both on the haitian side and from the dominican side. authorities were telling them you dont do it this way, you cant do it this way, you must do things right. and they simply flouted that and looked for other ways to c...

Had parents, most of them had have parents and i just wonder them going and living on their own in an orphanage is better than living with their parents here in haiti. and i know the parents have got a poor existence here but development focus has got to be giving kids a better future in haiti, not abroad. >> that is what all the groups are saying, unicef, kids already in the adoption process that is one thing, but for the kids who are still in haiti right now, you know, focus should be on tryin...

In the adoption process that is one thing but for the kids who are still in haiti right now, you know, focus should be on trying to make their lives better, cause not everybody can be taken abroad. some do have -- that poor father who gave up his child, you know, cause he felt he couldnt give his child the life. also not clear from me that they even had an orphanage in the dominican republic. i talked to you about this last night. they said they were going to be building it, but it is not as if ...

Families. >> larry: mitch elleel, do you want t-boz to be able to adopt a hatian child. long term that could be a great thing. but in the immediate term the best thing that could happen to the children who are in haitis orphanages would be able to move them very quickly into permanent loving homes. and the adoption process is a very long one. there are things that could be done to assist, for example, very, very poor. the poorest of haitis families. and thats the poorest country in the western h...

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