No School For You

Peterpan picks up a story that shouldn't fall through the cracks:

Arthur Mkoyan, a 4.0 valedictorian, at Bullard High School in Fresno is being deported. He and his mom came to America via the old Soviet Union back in 1992. His mom wanted nothing more than to become an American citizen and for her son Arthur to have a good life and a good education.

Now here in America and out of the repression of the Soviet Union, it looked as her dreams would come true. Not so. The appeals for asylum ran out this year. Arthur and his mom will be forced to go back to Armenia. A country that he has not seen since he was 2 yrs old. He can not even understand the language when it is spoken to him.

"Hopefully, I can somehow stay here and continue my studies here," he said. "It would be hard if I go back."

...The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act or better known as "The Dream Act" was a proposed piece of legislation sent to both the house of representatives and the senate many times. This act would allow high-achieving, long term illegals to stay in America to attend collage or join the military. It never passed.

..."Arthur Mkoyan represents another reason why Congress needs to pass the Dream Act," Sen. Dianne Feinstein said. "It is in our nation's interest to provide talented students the incentive to take this path toward being responsible and law-abiding members of our society."