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SUSPENDED AFTER A SEXUALLY
EXPLICIT VIDEO APPEARED ON
KEVIN DORSEY'S SOCIAL MEDIA.
NOTE CHARGES STEMMED.
OF MINNESOTA MOM WAITED
YEARS TO SPEND MOTHER'S DAY
WITH HER DAUGHTER, JUSTINE
TOPEL ADOPTED 3 YOUR ALL 1025
OF THE DEMOCRATIC OF THE CONGO,
JUST WEEKS SHY OF BEING ABLE TO
BEING -- BRING HOME SUSPENDED
ADOPTIONS STOPPED HER FROM
GETTING THE CHILD.
SHE IS FINALLY HOME.
Reporter: HER LOVE FOR THE
CHILD NEVER WAVERS.
SHE IS MY DAUGHTER, DEFINITELY.
Reporter: SHE WAS 8 MONTHS
OLD WHEN HER YOUNG BIRTHMOTHER
COULD NO LONGER CARE FOR 1025
AND HER SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, A
BLOOD CELL DISORDER.
SHE ENDED UP AT AN ORPHANAGE IN
THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
CONGO WHERE JUSTINE TOPEL MET HER.
SHE IS 13 MONTHS OLD AND
WEIGHED 11 POUNDS IN THE
ORPHANAGE MANY HANDED HER TO DO
I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR HER,
COULD GIVE HER VOTES.
Reporter: SHE NEVER IMAGINED
HOW MUCH YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO
TO BRING HER DAUGHTER HOME.
THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT HOW
KIDS WERE COMING TO BE ORPHANS.
Reporter: IN 2013 THE
COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT SUSPENDED
EXIT VISAS THAT WOULD ALLOW
HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN LIKE FIVE
TO BE WITH ADOPTED -- 25 TO BE
ADOPTED.
I WAS SO WORRIED.
MINNESOTA HAS ONE OF THE
HIGHEST RATES IN THE NATION FOR
INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS.
Reporter: JUSTINE WORKED
WITH THE SENATOR.
TO PRESSURE THE DEMOCRATIC OF
THE CONGO TO ALLOW CHILDREN
WHO HAD BEEN ADOPTED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
IT WAS HARD.Reporter: IDA
ALSO ENDURED THE WEIGHT.
IT WAS ALL WORTH IT.
Reporter: 2 WEEKS AGO SHE WAS
FINALLY ABLE TO COME HOME TO MINNESOTA.
SHE IS NICE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
I LOVE YOU.
Reporter: THROUGH EVERY
BARRIER, A MOTHERS LOVE ENDURES .
CONTENT, ALL OF MY KIDS
UNDER ONE ROOF, THEY ARE SAFE
AND HEALTHY AND I'M ABLE TO
TAKE CARE OF THEM AS A MOTHER
WANTS TO.> 150 ADOPTED THAT
HAVE BEEN GRANTED PERMISSION TO
COME TO THE US, THE GOVERNMENT
ESTIMATES THAT 100 ALREADY