ADOPTED BY U.S. COUPLE AT AGE 3, SOUTH KOREAN MAN TO BE DEPORTED

SALEM, ORE. A South Korean man flown to the U.S. 37 years ago and adopted by an American couple at age 3 has been ordered deported back to a country that is completely alien to him.

“It is heartbreaking news,” said Dae Joong Yoon, executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, who has been in contact with Adam Crapser, pictured, a now-married father of four.

Seven years after Crapser and his sister were adopted, their parents abandoned them. Crapser was subsequently physically abused at a foster home. Later he got into trouble with the law for stealing cars and assault.

Federal immigration officials became aware of Crapser after he applied for a green card. His criminal convictions made him deportable.