ICE needs to hear from the faith community! Don’t let them deport Pastor Steven to Uganda.

Steven Tendo is a pastor and human rights activist from Uganda facing imminent deportation. Ugandan government forces killed many of his family members, and amputated two of his fingers in retaliation for his human rights work. Should he be deported, Pastor Steven fears the almost certain consequences: “They would eat me like hot cake. They would even kill me if they got to know that I am on the way going back.”

Pastor Steven has diabetes and the loss of sight in one eye. He was scheduled for much needed surgery this week and has an asylum case on appeal. Yet ICE continues to transfer him from detention center to detention center, including places reeling from COVID-19, and prepare to deport him rather than doing the humane thing and releasing him.

Here are four things you can do TODAY to stop this unjust deportation. 

1 – Call the Phoenix ICE Field Office Now

Dial (602) 766-7030 and say:

I urge you to immediately halt the deportation of Pastor Steven Tendo, A# 201-520-012, who is set to be deported any day. Pastor Steven is an asylum-seeker who was seriously harmed in Uganda for human rights and voting rights activism and who fears he will be killed there. As people of faith, our calling to seek freedom for the oppressed has been clear for generations, as Isaiah prophesied centuries ago: “I have come to proclaim release to the captives.” (Isaiah 61:1) 

2 – Sign and Share this Petition to ICE

3 – Retweet This Thread

4 – Share This Alert Far and Wide

Deporting Pastor Steven would be an affront to our moral values of love, compassion, and protection of justice. Jesus reiterated the same mission when he announced as a boy, “The Spirit of the Lord…has anointed me to proclaim release to the captives. (Luke 4:18)

Information, leadership, and guidance gathered from Jennifer Harbury, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Haitian Bridge Alliance, Amnesty International, and many others.