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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The manager of Pismo's successful Fresno, who Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained successful June, received a pardon from Gov. Gavin Newsom connected Friday for a burglary helium committed erstwhile helium was a teenager.
Sam "Psalm" Behpoor was detained by ICE connected June 23 aft helium received a telephone for an interrogation astatine the migration bureau successful Downtown Fresno. He was taken to the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Facility successful Bakersfield.
In a past interrogation with YourCentralValley.com, Behpoor said that helium was separated from his lawyer and was told:
“‘Don’t instrumentality it personal. The past fewer weeks, we’re focusing connected a antithetic premix of radical of Asian descent. And present we’re moving towards the Middle East,’ and I thought, ‘What is this feline saying? Like this isn’t adjacent close what he’s saying, it’s not adjacent human.’”
He came to the U.S. from Iran erstwhile helium was 3 years aged and received a greenish paper erstwhile helium was 13.
When helium was a teenager, helium served clip successful situation for non-aggravated burglary successful 2004. At the time, helium was detained by ICE but was yet released.
Since being released, Behpoor has been making an effort to crook his beingness around. He has managed Pismo’s Coastal Grill successful Fresno for 10 years, and has a woman and a 3-year-old son.
Now, 21 years later, Newsom pardoned him for the transgression helium committed erstwhile helium was 18 years old.
In a missive by Newsom, it states that Behpoor applied for clemency successful the signifier of a gubernatorial pardon.
In the letter, it said that Behpoor has provided grounds that "he is surviving an upright beingness and has demonstrated his fittingness for restoration of civic rights and responsibilities."
The afloat missive tin beryllium viewed below.
"This enactment of Clemency for Mr. Behpoor does not minimize oregon forgive his behaviour oregon the harm it caused. It does admit the enactment helium has done since to alteration himself," the missive stated.
Behpoor remains successful ICE custody.
