new life, make new friends. reporter: with her new mom i m very love my mom and beautiful. look, it is she is one of the older kids there. even though she s 18 now, she still can t leave because of the paperwork. she s technically an adult but they re holding her because of paperwork. we vivid little tykes to older kids. i don t really know what to say because they are starved for affection and for attention, and they are just sitting there languishing in these orphanages when there are people who want to help them out but they are stuck. so the ukrainian government
alerts at several stations. reporter: now they are relative safe in this orphanage outside lviv, but their journey to find permanent homes has been halted by the war. is the process slower now because of the war? translator: definitely yes because all their files and court decisions are still in dongs and it s impossible now. reporter: one of those children in limbo is mary, who colleen is trying to adopt. we have the paperwork to have the court in that region to adopt. and a day and a half halfafter had to submit, putin invaded and all the kids in the orphanage had to be evacuated. reporter: what s it been like for you, five weeks? i ve been here five weeks. reporter: she and and other prospective parents are pushing the biden administration to allow children to come to the
u.s. temporarily for their safety while the war is raging. right now 73 u.s. lawmakers have signed onto a letter asking the state department and president biden to make it happen. until then, thompson remains in lviv, bringing supplies to the orphanage, visiting mary when she can and worrying about her when she can t. i m messaging her and yesterday she spent six hours in the bomb shelter. and we had missile strikes near both of us, and so it s scary enough to have that happen, but when you can t physically be there to know your child is okay and to help protect them, and all the other parents who are some in poland, a lot in the u.s., they re getting same phone calls i m getting, so it s scary. reporter: meanwhile she waits for the chance at a new start. are you ready for a new life in america? translator: yes. reporter: tell me why. translator: i want to make a
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