Asylum Denied: A Refugees Struggle for Safety in America

About this book

Asylum Denied is the gripping story of political refugee David Ngaruri Kenneys 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 governments 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 Kenneys 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.