FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A Forsyth County family is entrenched in an international adoption battle after adopting a baby from Japan.
The couple told Channel 2's Wendy Halloran that trying to bring her home to Georgia has turned into a nightmare.
This past Monday, Samantha and Alex Tutterrow said they went to the U.S. embassy in Japan to pick up a visa for their newly adopted daughter. But when they got there, they received some bad news.
“It’s being drawn out and made us feel like criminals,” Samantha Tutterrow said.
Alex Tutterrow said he feels like a hostage. He’s alone with his 3-month old adopted daughter Sydney in a hotel room in Tokyo. He can leave the country, but not with Sydney.
"I don’t speak Japanese and I’ve got a baby, so we can’t really go anywhere," Alex Tutterrow told Halloran via Facetime on Saturday night.
The U.S. State Department has denied an orphan visa for Sydney.
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