Kenney / Schrag Asylum Denied

A Refugee’s Struggle for Safety in America
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-520-93472-6
Verlag: University of California Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten

Asylum Denied is the gripping story of political refugee David Ngaruri Kenney's harrowing odyssey through the world of immigration processing in the United States. Kenney, while living in his native Kenya, led a boycott to protest his government's treatment of his fellow farmers. He was subsequently arrested and taken into the forest to be executed. This book, told by Kenney and his lawyer Philip G. Schrag from Kenney's own perspective, tells of his near-murder, imprisonment, and torture in Kenya; his remarkable escape to the United States; and the obstacle course of ordeals and proceedings he faced as U.S. government agencies sought to deport him to Kenya. A story of courage, love, perseverance, and legal strategy,
Asylum Denied brings to life the human costs associated with our immigration laws and suggests reforms that are desperately needed to help other victims of human rights violations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kenney, David Ngaruri

Schrag, Philip G.

Schrag, Philip

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction by Philip G. Schrag


1. The Farmers’ Boycott

2. Basketball

3. Temporary Safety

4. Bernie and Dave

5. My Day in Court

6. Winning the Lottery

7. The Fourth Circuit

8. A Cold Day in Richmond

9. Exiled

10. The Witch Arrives


The Lawyer’s Epilogue

The Client’s Epilogue

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kenney, David Ngaruri
David Ngaruri Kenney came to the United States after he was persecuted in Kenya. He continues to pursue a career in public service and currently works at the Montgomery County State 's Attorney's Office in Maryland, USA. Philip G. Schrag is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Applied Legal Studies at Georgetown University Law Center. He is the author of many books including Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law, with Lisa G. Lerman, and A Well-Founded Fear: The Congressional Battle to Save Political Asylum in America.