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Asylum Denied: A Refugee’s Struggle for Safety in America by [David Ngaruri Kenney, Philip G. Schrag]

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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.

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978-0520261594
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University of California Press
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1 May 2008
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"Reminds us of the persecution that refugees face, takes our collective conscience and shakes it to the core."--Financial Times "Astonishing in its power to move and inform...Its core concerns for justice and reform remain directed at American society."--Publishers Weekly "A dismaying account of bureaucracy at its red-tape-bound worst... Wrenching human drama"--Kirkus Reviews "A model of polished prose and informed advocacy ."--National Catholic Reporter "Reads like a suspense story."--America Magazine --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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"Asylum Denied is riveting and essential reading for anyone interested in the lives and struggles of immigrants. Kenney's story will astonish, frustrate, and inspire you."--Dave Eggers, author of What is the What

"This is a fabulous book-a love story, a law story, a struggle against death, a battle for justice, and much more. I urge you to read it."--Bruce Ackerman, Yale University

"Asylum Denied is at once a page-turner, a penetrating critique of the U.S. asylum system, and an exquisite exploration of humanity and politics, of emotion and law, of tension and release. It has the same narrative power that distinguished Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action."--Hiroshi Motomura, University of North Carolina

"A stirring account of one man's struggle for justice--first with a brutal Kenyan regime bent on political persecution, and then with an American immigration bureaucracy callously indifferent to a compelling case for asylum. This riveting story gives the lie to the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty, and calls on all of us to restore the vision of justice and inclusion that it once represented." --David Cole, author of Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedom in the War on Terrorism

"In Asylum Denied, David Kenney and Philip Schrag bring us a deeper understanding of the vagaries of our asylum process by telling David's riveting story. What society wouldn't be enriched by such stoic, courageous and principled strivers as Kenney? The more we learn of the lives and yearnings of such people, the closer we will be to an asylum process worthy of our values."--Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee

"From the horror of political persecution half a world away to the death of a thousand bureaucratic cuts here at home, Asylum Denied is a riveting microcosm of a story that has touched--and scarred--countless victims of mankind's cruelty. And for sheer perseverance under impossible circumstances, Sisyphus could take a lesson from this tale."--Jeff Greenfield, Senior Political Correspondent, CBS Evening News

"This is a powerful story, human and legal. It is as tense as a fictional thriller, but it really happened. The hero battles official torturers in Kenya, then American bureaucrats out of the pages of Kafka." --Anthony Lewis, author of Gideon's Trumpet

"Asylum Denied takes the reader from the dungeons of the Kenyan torture chambers to the labyrinth of U.S. immigration system. It is both a thriller and an educational journey. It leaves you wanting to meet David Ngaruri Kenney, an extraordinary person who ran the immigration gauntlet, learned its secrets, and survived his ordeal."--Richard Boswell, University of California Hastings College of the Law

"This chilling true tale is not only a poignant story about the heroism of an extraordinary Kenyan dissident, but also an expose of the apathy, incompetence, and occasional outright cruelty that slither away in the darker corners of the immigration bureaucracy. As you read this chilling true tale, you will share the authors' anger, stress, sadness, and unbearable frustration--but be prepared for some surprises."--Stephen H. Legomsky, Washington University School of Law

"Asylum Denied is several things in one enthralling whole: a vivid and moving story of persecution and resilience in East Africa, an infuriating and inspiring story of administrative malfeasance and lawyerly devotion in the U. S., as well as a love story and a reasoned proposal for reform. If there is any justice, the asylum system will be reformed and this wonderful book will be read by everyone who cares about what America is becoming."--Todd Gitlin, Columbia University

--This text refers to the hardcover edition.

From the Inside Flap

Asylum Denied is riveting and essential reading for anyone interested in the lives and struggles of immigrants. Kenney's story will astonish, frustrate, and inspire you.”Dave Eggers, author ofWhat is the What

This is a fabulous book-a love story, a law story, a struggle against death, a battle for justice, and much more. I urge you to read it.”Bruce Ackerman, Yale University

Asylum Denied is at once a page-turner, a penetrating critique of the U.S. asylum system, and an exquisite exploration of humanity and politics, of emotion and law, of tension and release. It has the same narrative power that distinguished Jonathan Harr'sA Civil Action.”Hiroshi Motomura, University of North Carolina

"A stirring account of one man's struggle for justicefirst with a brutal Kenyan regime bent on political persecution, and then with an American immigration bureaucracy callously indifferent to a compelling case for asylum. This riveting story gives the lie to the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty, and calls on all of us to restore the vision of justice and inclusion that it once represented." David Cole, author ofEnemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedom in the War on Terrorism

In Asylum Denied, David Kenney and Philip Schrag bring us a deeper understanding of the vagaries of our asylum process by telling David's riveting story. What society wouldn't be enriched by such stoic, courageous and principled strivers as Kenney? The more we learn of the lives and yearnings of such people, the closer we will be to an asylum process worthy of our values.”Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee

From the horror of political persecution half a world away to the death of a thousand bureaucratic cuts here at home,Asylum Denied is a riveting microcosm of a story that has touchedand scarredcountless victims of mankind's cruelty. And for sheer perseverance under impossible circumstances, Sisyphus could take a lesson from this tale.”Jeff Greenfield, Senior Political Correspondent, CBS Evening News

This is a powerful story, human and legal. It is as tense as a fictional thriller, but it really happened. The hero battles official torturers in Kenya, then American bureaucrats out of the pages of Kafka.” Anthony Lewis, author ofGideon's Trumpet

Asylum Denied takes the reader from the dungeons of the Kenyan torture chambers to the labyrinth of U.S. immigration system. It is both a thriller and an educational journey. It leaves you wanting to meet David Ngaruri Kenney, an extraordinary person who ran the immigration gauntlet, learned its secrets, and survived his ordeal.”Richard Boswell, University of California Hastings College of the Law

This chilling true tale is not only a poignant story about the heroism of an extraordinary Kenyan dissident, but also an exposé of the apathy, incompetence, and occasional outright cruelty that slither away in the darker corners of the immigration bureaucracy. As you read this chilling true tale, you will share the authors' anger, stress, sadness, and unbearable frustrationbut be prepared for some surprises.”Stephen H. Legomsky, Washington University School of Law

Asylum Denied is several things in one enthralling whole: a vivid and moving story of persecution and resilience in East Africa, an infuriating and inspiring story of administrative malfeasance and lawyerly devotion in the U. S., as well as a love story and a reasoned proposal for reform. If there is any justice, the asylum system will be reformed and this wonderful book will be read by everyone who cares about what America is becoming.”Todd Gitlin, Columbia University --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

About the Author

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. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005T5O8PE
Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of California Press; 1st edition (1 May 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1815 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 361 pages

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Philip G. Schrag, the Delaney Family Professor of Public Interest Law at Georgetown University Law Center, teaches Civil Procedure and directs the Center for Applied Legal Studies, in which students represent refugees from persecution who are seeking asylum in the United States. Before joining the Law Center faculty in 1981, he was assistant counsel to the NAACP Legal Defense Educational Fund, the Consumer Advocate of the City of New York, a professor at Columbia University Law School, and Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, from which he received a Meritorious Honor Award in 1981. Professor Schrag has also had a distinguished and varied career in civic service, which has included positions as a delegate to the District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention in 1982, an editor and consultant on consumer protection during the Carter-Mondale transition, a consultant to the New York State Consumer Protection Board, a consultant to the Governor's Advisory Council of Puerto Rico, an advisor to the Committee of Chinese Legal Educators, and an Academic Specialist for the United States Information Agency in the Czech Republic and Hungary. In addition, he drafted New York City's Consumer Protection Act of 1969. He has written or co-authored fourteen books and dozens of articles on consumer law, nuclear arms control, legal ethics, political asylum, and various other topics for both law journals and popular publications. In 2008, he received the Association of American Law Schools' Deborah L. Rhode award for advancing public service opportunities in law schools through scholarship, service and leadership, the Lexis/Nexis' Daniel Levy Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Immigration Law, and the Outstanding Law Faculty Award from Equal Justice Works.
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Babit

A surprisingly good book for a law school class

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 20 April 2010

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I read this book for my Immigration Law class at school, and to my surprise, I really enjoyed the book. Before I read the book, I was afraid that it would be a boring book about the technicalities of an individual's application for asylum, the process, and the outcome. Although that may be one accurate summary of Asylum Denied, the book actually has more substance and story to go along with the bare asylum application process than I expected. I really liked how the book began with vivid descriptions of Jeff's ordeal in a water cell. It was disturbing and confusing because the reader does not yet know why he's there at this point, but it is the perfect opening to the book that hooks in skeptical readers like me. I forgot that I was reading a book for a law school class. Instead, I was just reading a really good book because I wanted to.

The book did not disappoint me after the initial opening scene. It continued to tell the life story of Jeff, which I found interesting and gripping, giving me a sense of who Jeff is and how he would later end up in a situation where he needed to apply for asylum in the US. Notwithstanding the title, this book is really about the whole life of Jeff, not just his application, and subsequent denial, of asylum. I was supposed to read this book with immigration law in my mind, but I could not help but be engrossed in the story and hurried through the pages describing the substantive law and the asylum process, slowing down only when the pages turned back to the story. I did however pay attention to the retelling of the oral arguments in the 4th circuit, only because I found the judges so obtuse that I was infuriated. How could they not understand that it was his state of mind before he left for Kenya that matters and not whether he was actually tortured again when he returned to Kenya that matters?

I understand that the book was written by Jeff and his lawyer, thus, it would only be natural that readers would sympathize with their story more than they would with the typical asylum applicants. However, the book did do a good job illustrating vividly what a lengthy process application for asylum is, what it entails, the emotions that the people involved can suffer, and what could be at stake for every asylum applicant. This was a really good book to see the law in a real life situation.

Although I read this book for a class, I would definitely recommend it to others as a pleasure read. Although there are parts of the book that are a little dense (the parts describing the law and asylum process), they are not hard to get through as they are integral to understanding the hardships that Jeff had to go through. Jeff's story is definitely interesting enough to keep you reading until the end.

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hsanchez

A good read for any course!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 3 December 2012

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Asylum Denied was the incredible story of one man's journey to America through the U.S. Immigration System. It begins with David Ngaruri Kenney's struggles in his hometown of Kenya, Africa as a little boy and leads us into his life as a young man. After leading a protest in Kenya, he is imprisoned and tortured and eventually released. After his release he finds he cannot live in peace as government officials watch his every move, threatening to do away with him if he causes any more trouble. One day Ngaruri Kenney meets some individuals from the U.S. Peace Corps who ultimately change his life forever. Finally, he has the chance to escape Kenya and make a better life for himself and his family. This book provides incredible accounts of David Ngaruri Kenny's struggles with the U.S. Immigration courts while at the same time reveals his determination not to let anything stop him from making a better life for himself. He is determined to finish college and his experiences with the Kenyan justice system as well as the U.S. Immigration system become the driving force which lead him to pursue a Law Degree. An extremely intelligent and resourceful man, Kenney will not let anything get in his way. The book takes us through his journey as he struggles to obtain a Visa which will allow him to help his family that he left in Kenya. I give this book 5 stars and highly recommend it to anyone interested in Global Studies, Justice Studies, Law, Immigration, or simply for pure reading enjoyment.

ASU

Makes You Appreciate All You Have

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 17 December 2012

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This book was a requirement for a undergraduate class I was enrolled in at ASU. And to be honest I thought it was going to be just another class text that I would have to suffer through. However, the deeper I got into it, the less skeptical I became and by the end of the book I was enriched with feelings of fulfillment. As you are taken along the treacherous journey of David Ngaruri Kenney, that begins with the horrors of escaping torture and death. You are painted a gruesome picture of what it is like to be an immigrant navigating through the United States immigration system. I became more and more entrapped in Davids story as I learned of his constant struggles, moments of defeat and yet his refusal to give up during his efforts to gain asylum into the United States. Not only has his perseverance inspired me to be a stronger, more driven individual, but it has also aloud me to reflect and truly appreciate how privileged I am to live in country that many others will risk their lives in order to call home. I would not hesitate to refer this book to anyone who is interested in law, justice, global politics, stories of struggle and perseverance or anyone looking for a story that will touch their hearts.

samantha cortez

Great Read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 17 October 2019

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I had to buy this book for an immigration class and it's such a good read I look forward to reading it! The authors are the actual people involved with the case which is the attorney and the asylee. The laws are explained in a way that is easy to understand for the reader.

Lisa Williams

Excellent fir those who don't understand immigration

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 8 September 2013

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This is a book I brought strictly on reviews and it was worth every penny! It I'd a great eye opener fir those who have little knowledge on the hardships of immigration and even the corruption that causes many frustrations for immigrants trying to do thins the right way through the system. Additionally, the story has some funny times, sad times, and heartfelt times throughout the book. It is a must read for any student, adult, or teen seeking to understand immigration process, visa applications, and who represent the immigrant s.

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