Shackled
92 Refugees Imprisoned on ICE Air
- 2024 INDIES Finalist
- Finalist, Multicultural (Adult Nonfiction)
- 2024 INDIES Finalist
- Finalist, Political and Social Sciences (Adult Nonfiction)
A rare look at the brute-force mechanics of deportation in the United States. In 2017, US 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 search for safety in the United States over the course of three long years.
