FRESNO VALEDICTORIAN MAY BE DEPORTED
Jason Martinez
ABC30.com
June 10 2008
CA
6/10/2008 Fresno, CA (KFSN) — Bullard High School holds its graduation
Tuesday afternoon, but its valedictorian is getting attention for
more than his diploma.
Arthur Mkoyan may be deported shortly after graduation. He’d like to
stay in the United States and has already been accepted to U.C. Davis,
but immigration ordered Arthur and his mother to leave the U.S. by
late June and return to Armenia.
Arthur’s family fled from the former Soviet Union and has been seeking
asylum since 1992.
His father applied for asylum but was rejected. He is currently at
a detention center in Arizona.
Senator Dianne Feinstein is expected to introduce a private bill that
could delay a deportation order.