The day after his son’s birthday, Psalm Behpoor got a call from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The caller didn’t tell Behpoor much other than agents wanted to interview him. The 41-year-old father went to the downtown Fresno office. Once there, agents separated him from his lawyer, questioned him, and took him into custody.

“They already had the plan in place to detain me, they just didn’t tell me,” Behpoor said.

Knowing President Donald Trump’s stance on immigration, the Iranian refugee and general manager of Pismo’s Restaurant had been working since 2024 to get his green card (permanent resident) reinstated and rejoin the path to full-fledged citizenship.

Behpoor came to the U.S. when he was 3 years old, fleeing the country with his mother after the overthrow of the Shah. The m

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