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This December 2013 photo provided by Justin Carroll shows adopted children in Kinshasa, Congo whose parents are awaiting exit permits to bring them to their new homes in the U.S. Until a suspension was announced in September 2013, the Congo had been viewed by adoption advocates in the U.S. as a promising option at a time when the overall number of international adoptions has been plummeting. The Congo accounted for the sixth highest number of adoptions by Americans in 2012 _ 240 children in all, up from 41 in 2010 and 133 in 2011. (AP Photo/Justin Carroll)
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This summer 2013 photo shows Justin and Alana Carroll during a mission trip to put a roof on a hospital in a rural village in Zimbabwe. Justin Carroll is the proud dad of a 6-week-old daughter in Tennessee, but thus far he's done his doting via video phone calls from Africa. Since mid-November 2013, he has been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, refusing to leave until he gets the exit papers allowing two newly adopted sons to travel with him. "In a dire situation, we would just move there," said Alana, referring to the Congo. "Leaving our sons there is not an option." (AP Photo/Alana Carroll)
