ICE Supporter Pastor Samuel Sey Removed to Canada as Wife Reveals Family’s Devastation

Christian commentator Samuel Sey, who publicly defended immigration enforcement, has been removed from the United States to Canada following his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement-leaving his wife describing a devastated family and an uncertain path to reunion.

Annie Sey announced on her husband's social media that he was in Canada as of October 30. The Ghanaian-Canadian writer and podcaster, who had been living in Ohio, was arrested nine days earlier at an airport in Columbus.

"We sincerely believed we were following the legal process, which we continue to respect," Annie wrote.

Her announcement marked a painful outcome for a family whose supporters had been praying and raising money following his detention. Samuel and Annie have three children.

The development carries particular weight because Sey previously argued that immigration is a privilege and defended the government's authority to determine who may remain in the country.

In earlier comments reproduced by The Aquila Report, Sey acknowledged that changes affecting his own residency could be personally difficult without necessarily being unjust. His detention has now brought those convictions into direct contact with his family's circumstances.

Federal officials and Sey's family have offered different accounts of his immigration situation.

According to a Department of Homeland Security statement quoted by ChurchLeaders, Sey entered the United States legally in 2022 but subsequently overstayed his authorized admission. The department also said he had no pending applications and had accepted voluntary departure.

Annie's statement emphasized the family's belief that they were complying with the legal process. The report does not provide immigration documents that would independently resolve the difference between that understanding and the government's account.

For the family, the immediate concern is how to reunite.

"Although this has been devastating to our family and the outcome is not what we had hoped, we will trust God's sovereign plan and work to reunite our family," Annie wrote.

She also thanked Christians around the world for their messages, prayers, and financial assistance. A GiveSendGo campaign supporting the family had raised more than $34,800 at the time of ChurchLeaders' report. That figure represents a reported total, rather than a live fundraising balance.

Annie's announcement offered no timetable for reunification or details about the family's next steps. Instead, her message placed their distress alongside their continuing faith: an acknowledgment that the outcome they feared had arrived, and that rebuilding family life together remained their priority.