Washington -- Hundreds of American families and the children they're in the process of adopting from abroad are in a wait-and-see mode after President Trump's latest travel ban and visa freeze covering dozens of countries -- unlike past travel bans -- made no blanket exceptions for international adoption visas, advocacy groups and bipartisan lawmakers say.

Washington -- Hundreds of American families and the children they're in the process of adopting from abroad are in a wait-and-see mode after President Trump's latest travel ban and visa freeze covering dozens of countries -- unlike past travel bans -- made no blanket exceptions for international adoption visas, advocacy groups and bipartisan lawmakers say.