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AFTER GRADUATION, CALIF. VALEDICTORIAN FACES DEPORTATION
USA Today
June 4 2008
A week from today, 17-year-old Arthur Mkoyan will graduate from
Bullard High School in Fresno, Calif., with a 4.0 average. He's
a valedictorian.
But as the Fresno Bee explains, he might not make it to college. He
and his mother are being deported to Armenia, a country he left
when he was 2. His family has sought asylum for 16 years and been
denied. His father is sitting in a detention center in Arizona.
If U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn't persuaded to
change its order, Arthur and his mother must leave by late June. He'll
graduate June 10, and has been accepted by the University of California
at Davis for the fall semester.
News of his predicament has generated support from classmates, local
Armenians and Rep. George Radanovich, who agreed to look into his case.
"It makes me feel good people care," Arthur said.
Stay tuned ...
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
USA Today
June 4 2008
A week from today, 17-year-old Arthur Mkoyan will graduate from
Bullard High School in Fresno, Calif., with a 4.0 average. He's
a valedictorian.
But as the Fresno Bee explains, he might not make it to college. He
and his mother are being deported to Armenia, a country he left
when he was 2. His family has sought asylum for 16 years and been
denied. His father is sitting in a detention center in Arizona.
If U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn't persuaded to
change its order, Arthur and his mother must leave by late June. He'll
graduate June 10, and has been accepted by the University of California
at Davis for the fall semester.
News of his predicament has generated support from classmates, local
Armenians and Rep. George Radanovich, who agreed to look into his case.
"It makes me feel good people care," Arthur said.
Stay tuned ...
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress