by federal immigration officials. The governor took the time to call one of those immigrants and spoke to the family of another in federal custody.“I have petitions for many, many others that are pending or we’re considering,” Newsom said recently. “Good people can disagree, but I will continue to consider that and put a lot of weight on that — deportation.”
The three immigrants Newsom pardoned had all been out of prison for more than a decade. That was long enough to demonstrate that they had been “living an upright life,” Newsom said in his official pardons for each.The 35-year-old Ethiopian native, who came to the United States in 2014 as a legal resident, has been behind bars since shooting her husband in the back eight months after her arrival. After completing her four-year sentence in state prison, Birru was taken into custody by U.S.
Civil rights organizations across Northern California have taken up Birru’s cause, launching a “Free Liyah” campaign that gathered more than 35,000 signatures on a petition urging Newsom to pardon her.“We’re here today to affirm that black lives matter. That black women matter. That black immigrant women matter,” Marena Blanchard of Color of Change, a civil rights group, said during a July rally outside the governor’s office at the state Capitol.
Birru said she wanted to go to a shelter for victims of domestic violence but that without a car or much money she was unable to flee. She knew no one nearby she could turn to for help. She once asked her husband to take her to a shelter but he refused, she claimed in court records. Marriage and family therapist Linda Barnard, who evaluated Birru for the defense during the criminal trial, said she was a victim of “intimate partner battering,” which led directly to her shooting her husband.
The probation report conducted on behalf of the court, however, concluded that Birru “had an opportunity to remove herself from the alleged physical abuse and call 911, however, she chose to access a firearm.” Birru said the political unrest in Ethiopia has her worried about what would happen if she is sent back.
I have seen it all deport her for God’s sakes!
She’s not the kind of sex botter he’s attracted to.
So killing someone justifies you being an illegal immigrant?
Came in illegally and shot her husband. I think I’m ok if we send her home.
Hey ....do you wanna return to your Mexican hellhole or go to jail? Seems these folks choose jails. Let her decide.
There is no recourse for moms. A gun isn’t solution, but neighbor at Barbara Bradford farm just pulled one due to Atty police abuse on 7 trailers full of ptsd victims in retreat. Could you pls do story/study on Tx Cowgirl/poledancers kkk violence? pepperdine Rent paid. writers
How did she obtain a gun as he could not legally own one?
Deport her
Bye bye
She couldn't leave him, she had to kill him We don't need women like that in this country.
If your wife gets angry and keeps silent not because she is weak she just needs time to discuss the devil on a revenge plan
Smart men deal with angry women to escape violence
That she didn't call 911, shot her 'abuser' in the back; did not go to a shelter; records indicate that she deliberately loaded the gun; did not appeal her conviction, all make this a hard case to apply clemency to.
Soooo...… with LA's tight gun laws... A non-citizen, with a gun {who knows how she got it), kills someone and all you have is..... the Governor will pardon her? What happened to your crack down on guns issues? Is killing a 'justifiable reason I see fit' for anyone?
Buh-Bye....
By Felicia. Newsom can't help her either.
I'm interested that's not even being punished....wow
She should self deport.
DEPORT TODAY !!! GavinNewsom
How you say “adios”
govtdude 50% of all DV cases it’s the woman who is the aggressor. Further investigation is needed here, but since Gruesome is bent on releasing dangerous criminals to prey on Californians it won’t happen. Justice denied.
Oh no... don't deport the illegal... she's only a murderer!
So you murder someone on USA soil and you wish to deported to void of sentencing. Otherwise you want to stay and get benefit from the bull head newsom?
S h e ' s s a n c t u a r y s a f e
Free her.
Bye
She faces deportation for being here illegally.
Murder is a crime. PERIOD. Besides the crime of remaining illegally, she must be deported.
What’s wrong with Mexico?
Does she have a strong head game?
That’s a Felony. With a GUN. OUT YOU GO!!
So she couldn't just leave but believed attempted murder was he logical solution? Deport both their $$es if he's an illegal alien too. illegalimmigrationisnotCivilRights
He can't save her from deportation
Rock Quarry: Sometimes, at my house, terror soldiers are sent from SAGcoup command in Hollywood, the soldier is not a trained terror soldier like most. Some are criminals, who are 'given a chance' to avoid prison, by killing me. Such persons are 'sent to Duordia' 'Do or Die'
Pardon for attempted murder? Sounds like Trump logic.
Deportations seems like the right choice
I’m sure he will let her stay
She’s a shoe in...
She has to go.
🤦🏽♀️So so sad ! Only women are punished for protecting our selves! 😡
Help her out realDonaldTrump
She can just take his place
enjoy your US taxpayer-funded flight home!
'I killed my husband because...' This argument didn't work before and is not going to work in the court again. The murderer should be isolated from society.
I don't think the issue is her citizenship status. It is that women are harshly punished for killing their abusers. There is no stand your ground for abused women. If they go to law enforcement to complain, or if they attempt to leave, their abuser is likely to kill them.
Let's follow this pattern through boys and girls.She's unskilled,poor and desperate,attracts another controlling abusive man and stays with him due to economic constraints,endures his abuse, shoots him.Nope.Go home. Do this stuff there.we have enough of our own people doing this.
So many things wrong here. She was in the US for 8 months. How did she get a gun? She suffered abuse for 'months' So... shot her husband in the back within 8 months of getting into the US?
Anyone with a sad story gets to stay! Let the tears flow!! 🙃🙃🙃
Illegal immigrants bring their domestic violence to the USA all the time and LA times cheers
There are rules that need to be followed by all naturalized citizens. If we don’t follow the rules, then what’s the point of having rules And I don’t think libtardnewsom can stop her deportation. Send her back.
Even at that she has committed fewer crimes than Trump.
Did she do the right thing or she did the wrong thing taking the law in her hands?
Let her stay! She did what she had to do
GavinNewsom please assist
Who cares, she can just walk back across the border like everyone else is and go back to business as usual🤦♂️
If her last hope is Gavin Newsome she is staying.
Gavin just loves criminals and the things they do. He's helping them out at the expense of law abiding Californians.
You're a killer who took the law into your own hands. Maybe you told the authorities, i don't know, but manslaughter is manslaughter and you gotta go.
Perhaps shooting her husband wasn’t the best option.
No.
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