I call this topic "Standing my Ground"

[Scott Kaiser]

After having a long conversation with my mother today, I asked her how was it that Richard and his family was able to come to the United States, she replied, "Richard and his family needed a sponsor and a job waiting for him when he arrived." She said, "your father and I tried to help Richard and his family come to Norwalk since 1962," I said, so when did they get here, when was it that they were able to enter the United States, my mother said, "shortly after you were born in 1964 is when he was able to come."

After having a long conversation with my mother regarding Richard's entry into the states, she said, "Richard and Thi remained in France until they were able to receive their visas," as I hung up the phone, I realized then, how was my father able to sponsor Richard and his family if my father was not an American citizen and held a French visa himself?

Perhaps, I'll never have the answers, and I'm not sure how my father was able to sponsor Richard and his family if my father wasn't an American citizen. What I do know is that my father was not around for "days at a time" according to my mother, her words, and Richard is now able to enter the United States shortly after my birth? Which would have been in 1964. After president Diem's assassination, interesting.