Pastor Steven Tendo. Courtesy Photo
A Ugandan pastor has been arrested in the US. Pastor Steven Tendo was detained by federal immigration authorities outside his workplace in Shelburne on Wednesday before being imprisoned at the Strafford County Corrections in Dover, New Hampshire.
Pastor Steven Tendo moved to Vermont in 2021 as an asylum seeker. But this week, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents gave Tendo with an order of removal, meaning he will be deported to Uganda.
He is a licensed nursing assistant at the University of Vermont Medical Center. The health facility said Pastor Steven Tendo’s arrest was causing “real harm in our communities and our health care system,” according to Vermont Public.
Steven Tendo also has the support of Vermont’s key leaders like Senator Bernie Sanders as he battles detention and impending deportation.
Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch as well as representative Becca Balint have issued a joint written statement on Pastor Steven Tendo.
“Pastor Tendo fled persecution and torture in Uganda and has lived peacefully in Vermont for many years as a valued member of our community,” the leaders said, according to Vermont Public. “People like Pastor Tendo are exactly who our asylum system is meant to protect.”
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