Status
Available
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Genres
Publication
Lawrence Hill Books (2011), Edition: 1st Edition, 352 pages
Description
A decade after fleeing the Congo for the United States, having endured rape, imprisonment, and torture in her homeland, Regina Bakala found herself locked in a U.S. prison facing deportation to almost certain death. This harrowing true story of an asylum seeker and young mother of two tells how her husband, a feisty nun, a pit bull lawyer, and a group of volunteers set aside political differences to galvanize a movement to save Regina. Their struggle reveals the vast underbelly of injustice in America's harsh detention and deportation system and frighteningly arbitrary asylum pr
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
9 inches
ISBN
156976624X / 9781569766248