Blanca Catt

Incident date: 2009 Oct 9

From: Oregon

To: Mexico

Blanca Catt was born in Mexico and smuggled into the U.S. as a toddler. She was seized from abusive parents by the state of Oregon and placed into foster care with the Catts when she was 5 years old. The Catts adopted her three years later. Crucial paperwork has never been filed to make her a legal resident, which makes her face deportation.

It is believed that Blanca was granted a U Non-Immigrant Visa in late 2010. It is unclear whether she has been given permanent residence or citizenship yet, which could take 8 years or more after the U Visa

Status: Temporary U non-immigrant visa

Parent topics: adoptee deportation

Documents

Title	Publication date
A Life Deferred - the Odyssey of Blanca Catt	2011 Apr 1
Blanca Catt, a Portland teen who came to the U.S. as a toddler, no longer faces deportation	2010 Aug 18
Blanca Catt -- smuggled into the U.S. as a toddler, taken from abusive parents and adopted -- faces deportation	2010 Aug 2
Adopted Vancouver teen faces deportation because no one did the paperwork	2009 Oct 9

Topics: adoptee deportation

Countries: Mexico

Subdivisions: Oregon (state of the USA)