Persecution of Christians

Christian woman adopted from Iran by US veteran faces deportation after 50 years

Nick Petersonn / February 22, 2026 / California, Citizenship, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Donald Trump, Human Rights, Ice, International Adoption, Iran, Middle East Tensions, Persecution of Christians, US Immigration Law, Young Kim

A California woman adopted from an Iranian orphanage as a toddler in the 1970s is facing deportation to Iran due to a lifelong lack of formal citizenship.

California, Citizenship, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Donald Trump, Human Rights, Ice, International Adoption, Iran, Middle East Tensions, Persecution of Christians, US Immigration Law, Young Kim