PASTOR STEVEN URGENT ACTION INSTRUCTIONS

Thank you to all of you who are willing to fight the deportation of Pastor Steven back to Uganda. He has already been tortured there and if deported he will not make it out of the airport alive. We urgently need as many calls as possible to go to ICE and the Congressional offices on the attached list. We are focusing on the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Black Caucus, and Senator Corey Booker’s office at this time. We know they have the compassion and human rights commitment to prevent this unconscionable act.

We will continue to update our fact sheet and post on our team’s websites. Please watch for additional information and instructions.

If you have problems getting through to D.C. by phone, thanks to the Covid-19 shut down, try the local office, or send a letter to either address.

Talking Points: Here is some guidance

1.      Please read the fact sheet about Pastor Steven’s case before making your call.

2.      Begin by thanking the Congresspersons for his/her strong human rights advocacy, especially in support of asylum seekers during the Trump administration.

3.      State that you are calling about the imminent deportation of Pastor Steven back to Uganda. Explain that he was a human- rights and voting rights leader in Uganda and has already been tortured there. During one session, two of his fingers were amputated.

4.      ICE states that his deportation is imminent even though his case is on appeal. If deported, he will not survive.

5.       A Ugandan official has already signed a declaration confirming that Pastor Steven will be turned over to the security forces as soon as his plane lands. He will promptly be tortured and killed.  Ugandan officials have already sent thugs to his family’s home and attacked a relative, leaving her in a hospital with severe head injuries. Evidently they thought he had returned and that she was hiding him.

6.      Pastor Steven is diabetic and has been detained for a year and a half at Port Isabel. Thanks to the terrible medical care there his health is now broken, and he is going blind.

7.      He has never committed a crime.

8.      PASTOR STEVEN CANNOT RETURN TO UGANDA. Please prevent his deportation! 

PLEASE ALSO CALL MR. CORREA, THE ICE OFFICIAL ON THE LIST, AND TELL HIM IT WOULD BE A GROSS VIOLATION OF BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LAW TO RETURN PASTOR STEVEN TO TORTURE AND DEATH IN UGANDA.

June 24, 2020