The US Is About to Deport an Immigrant to the Center of the Ebola Crisis
The United States is preparing to deport a 78-year-old retired pastor to Uganda, a country in East Africa near the center of the Ebola outbreak. The pastor also claims to be the target of the country’s authoritarian government.
Edward Nalwamba came to the US from Uganda in 2002 and had been living and working in Colorado while under an “order of supervision,” which is when someone has a deportation order but cannot be immediately removed from the country. This order was revoked in September 2025, his lawyers say, and he has been detained ever since. Nalwamba is set to be deported on Tuesday.
According to his attorney and one of his friends, Nalwamba’s health has declined precipitously in the nine months he has been in immigration detention, adding to concerns about deporting him to an outbreak zone.
Uganda, and its neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are at the...
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