20
Mar
2015
With Pastor Max scheduled to be deported on the next flight to Honduras, his family pleads with President Obama to stop his deportation
Iowa City, Iowa - Pastor Gloria and her four U.S. citizen children posted a video on YouTube last night pleading with President Obama to stop Max's deportation.
After a week-long, nationwide mobilization against the arrest of local Mennonite Pastor Max Villatoro, it now appears that Max is scheduled for deportation on the next flight to Honduras. The family released the video as one last-minute attempt to stop Max's deportation.
You can view the video of the Villatoro family asking President Obama to stop Max's deportation by clicking here:
In the video, Gloria Villatoro tells president Obama:
I need my husband back, my kids need their dad. I'm so scared, I don't know what I'm going to be doing without him. I'm scared for his life too, because if he's taken to- if he's sent to Honduras, he's fear for his life.
They want to deport my husband and he's been living in the United States for over twenty years and I need your help tonight - I ask you for mercy, I ask you that you please give me my husband back - you can use your authority and I ask you to please have mercy and to do something about it - and this has to stop.
Anthony, Max's U.S. citizen son says:
We can't lose our dad who is a pastor, a servant to the city, and he serves others. My dad is a wonderful person and you said that you were going to only deport people who are threats to our community and I don't think a pastor - a person who helps out the community - is a threat. And please, President Obama, if you watch this, please consider my dad.
Edna, Max's U.S. citizen daughter says:
I need my dad, and he doesn't deserve this, he's a great man and he serves the community - he's a father of four children and we need him back. I know you can help us, and please have mercy on us.
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