rolling_stone,
I Googled “American Resettlement Organization” and got this link to website about refugees, how they get here, etc.
http://www.refugees.org/newsroomsub.aspx?id=1082
An excerpt from the site:
“III. Refugee Resettlement in the U.S.
Being Matched with an American Resettlement Organization
Detailed information on all refugees approved for US resettlement is sent to the Refugee Data Center (RDC) in New York. RDC matches refugees with one of ten voluntary agencies
(link to list of agencies:http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1088)
that provide reception and placement services for refugees coming to the US.”
Wonder if anybody has researched the Refugee Data Center & how far back their records go?
I don’t see how Obie could be a refugee...what was he feeing from? His mom was in Indonesia if he was fleeing from Indonesia, she could just return home to the US and get Obie a green card and he could be naturalized shortly thereafter..it doesn’t make sense to me..