If you’re born out of the country, and your parents qualify for a green card, you too have a green card. He’s got a green card, not a student visa, and at that age, it’s almost a requirement that if you have a green card, you have to be the child of an immigrant because of the way green cards are issued.
I do believe that I read his parents live in the state, but I might be confusing things.
But an English Major! Wow!
Although an English Major he went after those in science/engineering. A link to North Korea?