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Immigration Sponsorship Form

This 'Individual Assurance by Relative' form (affidavit) is a guarantee to U.S. immigration authorities that Ben Peresecki will be gainfully employed upon his arrival and will not become a burden on the state. This document was a crucial step in ensuring that Ben and his mother could immigrate to the United States.

reflection

By signing this document in 1948, Izzy Doubler, Ben’s uncle, ensured that Ben and his mother would have their first home since they were rounded up by their Lithuanian neighbors in July 1945. Why do you think they did not simply return to Lithuania? Do you think it should be so hard for war refugees to come to the United States?