Shackled: 92 Refugees Imprisoned on Ice Air

by Rebecca A. Sharpless

Book Overview

A rare look at the brute-force mechanics of deportation in the United States.

In December 2017, U.S. immigration authorities shackled and abused 92 African refugees for two days while attempting to deport them by plane to Somalia. When national media broke the story, government officials lied about what happened. Shackled tells the story of this harrowing failed deportation, the resulting class action litigation, and two men's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520398653
• ISBN13: 9780520398658
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"