I'm guessing that Brin like me came to the US as a refugee under the lautenberg amendment (which applied to religious minorities in the USSR, mostly jews, also

I'm guessing that Brin like me came to the US as a refugee under the lautenberg amendment (which applied to religious minorities in the USSR, mostly jews, also protestants, ect.) Before the USSR collapsed people had to first go to neutral Austria to apply. Afterwards you didn't. In 2004 Iranian Religious Minorities(Christians, Bahai'i, Jews, Zoroastrians) were added, in the last few days the Austrian office shut down (for how long?) seemingly leaving these Iranians high and dry. http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Trump-s-refugee-clampdown-stops-Iranian-path-10889096.php http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Trump-s-refugee-cla...