Senator Diane Feinstein has introduce a private relief bill to prevent the deportation of a high school valedictorian whose came to the United States with his parents when he was three years old:
FRESNO, California (CNN) — Plans to deport an Armenian high school valedictorian in Fresno, California, were put on hold Tuesday after Sen. Dianne Feinstein took steps to make him and his family legal U.S. residents.
While 17-year-old Arthur Mkoyan celebrated at his Bullard High School graduation ceremony, the Democratic senator introduced a bill on his behalf in the Senate.
“I’m just excited,” Mkoyan said. He hopes to study medicine at a state university in the fall. “It’s really amazing they’re going to do this, because it’s going to stop everything.”
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Both houses of Congress would have to pass the bill — and President Bush would have to sign it — for it to take effect. However, the bill’s introduction is enough to halt deportation, which was scheduled for June 20.
“As a matter of policy, we won’t proceed with a deportation as long as a private bill is pending,” Kice said.
It’s a long-shot to say the least, but as I noted when I first wrote about this case, if there was ever a case where simple human justice required an exception to be made, this is it.
