[BeetleB]

And this happens. When I was in grad school I knew a Lithuanian refugee. He was a fellow student - came when he was younger (high school?), but still on a refugee status by the time he entered grad school. And at the time he was fighting off being sent back to Lithuania because apparently conditions had improved back there.

The real problem was that his parents and most of his family had obtained the green card by that point, and for whatever reason there were delays in processing him. So only he would be forced to return.