I am an adoptee from Iran. I was legally adopted in the courts in 1974 by US citizen parents. I have been living in the US since I was 3 years old. I found out that I don’t have citizenship after all these years. USCIS didn’t file or document the lawyers naturalization forms. The lawyer secured citizen status with social security & finalized my adoption.

Due to the Child Citizenship Act of 2001 I’m unable to secure citizenship thru my parents. My only hope for citizenship is filing an 1-130 and petitioning as an alien relative thru my mother. I’m petitioning for a visa as if I’m immigrating to US even though I have lived almost my entire life here. It’s absolutely horrible to be denied citizenship. I don’t know what this ban will do to my 1-130 on file. I don’t know if I will be denied a visa. I’m an American who is trapped and denied my rights first by a congressional loophole and now a travel ban.