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    BULLARD HIGH VALEDICTORIAN FACING DEPORTATION

    CBS 47
    June 3 2008
    CA

    He's graduating at the top of his class, but a Fresno honor student
    is facing deportation.

    Arthur Mkoyan is a valedictorian at Bullard High School. He's just a
    week away from graduation but he may have to head to Armenia instead
    of college.

    17-year-old Arthur Mkoyan is a straight 'A' student, caught in a
    bureaucratic and legal mess that is threatening to force him out of
    the country where he grew up.

    He's preparing to graduate from Bullard High School, where he has
    achieved a 4.0 grade point average.

    Fellow students at Bullard High don't think he should be forced to
    leave this country.

    Arthur's family has been seeking political asylum here since they
    fled the old Soviet Union in 1992 but the US government told them
    there is not enough evidence to grant asylum; no proof that they'd
    be persecuted if they returned.

    Students at Bullard think the rules should be changed for a person
    who works so hard to succeed.

    Arthur is being allowed to go through graduation ceremonies and
    receive his diploma, and ten days later he is scheduled to be deported.

    His principal said the school is proud of what he's done and they're
    honored to have him as a graduate.

    Congressman George Radanovich is now getting involved in the case to
    see if there is a way to help keep Arthur and his family in America.
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