Woman adoptee, in U.S. since age 1 month, fights for citizenship
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich.
A 22-year-old woman who has lived in Michigan since she was 28 days old is fighting immigration officials for the right to remain in this country. Maria Messina grew up in Macomb County's Shelby Township, north of Detroit, and now attends Macomb Community College. Her adoptive parents brought her from Palermo, Sicily, as a baby, but a legal dispute with her birth mother delayed her adoption until she was 18....
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