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Ugandan minister Steven Tendo, who faced brutal torture abroad, detained by ICE in Vermont
Steven Tendo, who fled torture in Uganda and has lived in Vermont since 2021, was detained by ICE despite ongoing legal challenges and widespread local support.
- Wednesday morning, Steven Tendo was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside a health care facility in Shelburne, Vermont, then moved to an ICE facility in Manchester and listed at Strafford County Jail in Dover.
- Because his 2019 asylum claim was denied, Tendo lived and worked in Vermont until Wednesday under regular ICE reporting requirements, leaving him removable despite appeals filed by his attorneys.
- Supporters point to his missing fingers and brutal torture in Uganda, including a pit with a live python and hanging with a brick tied to his genitals, drawing backing from international human rights groups and about 50 rally participants at ICE's St. Albans facility.
- Supporters and lawmakers expressed concern as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not respond to inquiries and it was unclear if Tendo’s detention was related to his Friday check-in.
- He previously spent more than two years in detention at Port Isabel Detention Center, faced near-deportation in 2020 before humanitarian parole in early 2021, and had deportation delayed in 2022 with a 2025 summons and October 2025 check-in.
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Ugandan minister Steven Tendo, who faced brutal torture abroad, detained by ICE in Vermont
Steven Tendo, a Ugandan minister and nursing assistant who moved to Vermont in 2021 while seeking asylum, was detained in Shelburne on Wednesday morning by federal immigration agents, according to the union he’s a part of and the advocacy group Migrant Justice.
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