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    'We'd Have To Abandon Our Daughters': Pandemic Delays International Adoptions

    Americans overseas trying to complete international adoptions have urged the government to expedite their children's visas so they can return as a family.
    by Ashley Westerman Apr 14, 2020 3 minutes
    Recently adopted Chadian twins Claira (left) and Ariella play peekaboo to pass the time in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with their new parents, David and Michaela Parker, as they await their adoption visas. The 23-month-old girls cannot currently travel to America with the Parkers, who are petitioning the U.S. government for an exception for the girls' visas amid the coronavirus pandemic.

    Just months ago, David and Michaela Parker felt like they were finally nearing the end of their two-year journey to adopt twins Ariella and Claira from Chad.

    The American couple was living inthe north-central African country when they got custody of the girls in August 2018. The Chadian adoption was finished by the end of that year. They submitted the required documents for the U.S. adoption process in 2019. Then this Januarythe family got the go-ahead to apply for the girls' adoption visas, which would allow them all to

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