- Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a full pardon for a Fresno restaurant manager on Friday, strengthening his bid for release from ICE detention.
- Psalm “Sam” Behpoor has been in a Kern County ICE detention facility since June.
- Newsom pardoned a residential burglary Behpoor committed more than two decades ago when he was 18.
Federally incarcerated Fresno restaurant manager Psalm “Sam” Behpoor’s case for being released from a Kern County immigrant detention facility received a big boost Friday.
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for a residential burglary Behpoor committed when more than two decades ago when he was 18 years old.
“He has provided evidence that he is living an upright life and has demonstrated his fitness for restoration of civic rights and responsibilities,” Newsom said in the pardon…