KRNV, NV
Jan 27 2005
Reid intervenes in southern Nevada immigration case
Senator Harry Reid is intervening in a deportation case that could
send two Nevada girls to Armenia.
18-year-old Emma Sarkisian and 17-year-old sister Mariam have been in
federal custody since last week in Los Angeles.
Authorities decided they have to leave the country, but their parents
and other family members can stay.
The girls were born in the former Soviet Union but have been in the
US since 1991.
Reid’s appealing to federal Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge on
grounds of extenuating circumstances.