Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is continuing her fight to help Minnesota families impacted by the Russian government's recent ban on American adoption of Russian children.
                       
Following Russia's decision to delay the adoption ban for one year, Klobuchar and over 70 members of Congress sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin calling on the Russian government to allow for the completion of adoption cases that were initiated prior to the ban, and Klobuchar also sent a letter to President Obama urging the Administration to put pressure on the Russian government to process the pending cases.

The State Department estimates that there are currently between 500 and 1,000 pending Russian adoption cases in the United States, including more than 50 which have passed Russian courts and more than 200 in which American parents and Russian children have been matched. Minnesota has the highest rate of international adoptions in the United States.