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78-year-old priest unable to walk carried out of ICE facility by fellow detainees
He was freed after a federal judge granted his habeas petition, and his attorney says he lost more than 30 pounds in detention.
- On Tuesday, 78-year-old Ugandan priest Edward Nalwamba was released from an ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado, after a federal judge granted his habeas corpus petition, with two fellow detainees carrying him to his ride.
- Nalwamba had been held for 13 months, during which attorney Joy Athanasiou says his health deteriorated dramatically; the formerly active priest suffered from pneumonia and lost more than 30 pounds while detained.
- Colorado U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper criticized the release, stating his staff's request for wheelchair assistance was ignored by GEO staff, while the Department of Homeland Security maintains they provide comprehensive medical care.
- Although now released, Nalwamba's underlying immigration case remains unresolved, and his supporters are working to arrange medical appointments while he struggles to walk without assistance.
- DHS stated that Nalwamba entered the country legally on January 1, 2002, but overstayed his visa, resulting in a final order of removal on April 8, 2010; officials maintain he remains in the country illegally.
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Colorado priest from Uganda released after 13 months in ICE detention in Aurora
After 13 months in an Aurora immigrant detention center, where he became reliant on a wheelchair as his health deteriorated, a Ugandan priest who has lived in Colorado for more than 25 years was released by federal immigration officials Wednesday. A judge ordered Rev. Edward Nalwamba’s release earlier this week. Two fellow detainees on Tuesday […]
78-year-old priest unable to walk carried out of ICE facility by fellow detainees
A 78-year-old man who spent more than a year in immigration detention was released from a Colorado facility Tuesday, but he was unable to walk out on his own after staff reportedly refused to let him use a facility wheelchair beyond the gate.
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