In California, how do I become a foster parent for children separated from their parents due to immigration?

[KaraG]

OP is in California, not the midwest. There are many CA websites that give info on how you can foster adopt. Our family did it and we have many friends here in the south that have also foster adopted.

There are many children out there that need families.

[Middletwin]

Originally Posted by xy340

Given that their displacement is due to them illegally entering the country, adoption is going to be problematic. US State Department usually will not allow this. They are treating these children has refugees fleeing from a country. They are going to work with UNICEF and Mexican authorities trying to find relatives to place these children or return to their biological parents. This will also be treated as an international adoption, not domestic adoption or foster adoption.

My experience is based upon a US soldier trying to adopt a child from Iraq. Iraq does not allow for adoption, just guardianship and they don't allow the child to leave the country. Mexico has had numerous problems with adoption of it's citizens to the US. I would also point out that the US foster care system is only looking for foster parents, not adoptive parents.

To clarify:
Op's motive is help a child whose parents are being deported. There was no mention of adoption. Op only mentioned fostering. (For those who don't know, fostering does not imply adoption.) Adopting children of deported REFUGEE parents from the USA, would just be exploitive. Some of your information would be helpful to others, though.