PUBLICITY HELPS STUDENT SEEKING ASYLUM
United Press International
June 5 2008
FRESNO, Calif., June 4 (UPI) — Numerous offers of help have been
pouring in for a California valedictorian whose effort to remain in
the United States was chronicled by a Fresno newspaper.
Arthur Mkoyan, a "straight A, student" planned to attend the University
of California at Davis this fall but instead has been ordered to
return to his native Armenia with his mother by late June, The Fresno
Bee reported.
After a story about Mkoyan appeared in The Bee, the Armenian National
Committee of Central California contacted the family and said it was
exploring ways of helping.
U.S. Rep. George Radanovich, R-Calif., has offered to take a second
look at Mkoyan’s request for help and the office of Sen. Diane
Feinstein, D-Calif., says it is also looking into the case.
Arthur Mkoyan is set to graduate June 10 from Bullard High School.
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