Federal immigration agents on Wednesday morning detained Steven Tendo, an asylum seeker from Uganda who has lived in Vermont since 2021, in the parking lot of his workplace in Shelburne, according to Will Lambek, a spokesperson for Migrant Justice. A coworker witnessed Tendo’s arrest around 8 a.m. Tendo had a check-in scheduled for Friday at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in St. Albans, and supporters had planned a rally outside of the office that day. He has had several such check-ins over the past few years and has been released each time with a future date to return. On Wednesday morning, he was detained shortly after arriving at the health care facility where he works, Lambek said. Tendo later called Migrant Justice from custody. ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment. According to previous reporting by Vermont Public, Tendo has been in training to become a nurse. Tendo fled Uganda and crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in 2018. He was detained upon arriving in the U.S., and his asylum application was denied in 2019. He has been fighting his deportation since. Migrant Justice and other supporters were organizing an emergency rally outside the St. Albans ICE office on Wednesday morning. The post ICE Detains Steven Tendo, Ugandan Asylum Seeker appeared first on Seven Days. ...read more read less