The Resource Rescuing Regina : the battle to save a friend from deportation and death, Josephe Marie Flynn ; foreword by Helen Prejean
Rescuing Regina : the battle to save a friend from deportation and death, Josephe Marie Flynn ; foreword by Helen Prejean
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- Summary
- What is it like to be a young mother threatened with deportation to the country whose government has imprisoned you and whose soldiers have raped and tortured you? You don't want to leave your children behind, but how can you take them with you, knowing that your homeland, ruled by chaos and violence, is notorious for murdering failed asylum seekers? Regina Bakala found herself in just this situation ten years after escaping the Congo and settling in the United States. Upon arrival, Regina had worked with an immigration lawyer, then joyfully reunited with her husband, also a Congolese torture survivor, and had two children. Life was challenging but full of hope until the night there was a knock at the door and immigration agents burst in. They forced Regina from her home as her family watched, then locked her in prison to await deportation to certain death. In Rescuing Regina, author Josephe Marie Flynn tells Regina's powerful story-and how her husband, a pit-bull lawyer, a group of volunteers, and a feisty nun set aside political differences to galvanize a movement to save her. Revealing what she uncovered about US immigration policies and the dangers faced by those escaping war crimes, Flynn exposes an America most never see: a vast underbelly of injustice, a harsh detention and deportation system, and a frighteningly arbitrary asylum process. In their battle for justice, Regina and Josephe not only confronted dangerous obstacles but also reawakened emotions and traumas from the past. A compelling story of a quest for justice, Rescuing Regina is also a tale of friendship, faith, hope, and the transformative journey of two friends.--Book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 339 pages
- Contents
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- pt. 1. Tragedy upon tragedy
- pt. 2. Wounded warriors
- pt. 3. Mobilizing for action
- pt. 4. Where is home?
- Isbn
- 9781613736586
- Label
- Rescuing Regina : the battle to save a friend from deportation and death
- Title
- Rescuing Regina
- Title remainder
- the battle to save a friend from deportation and death
- Statement of responsibility
- Josephe Marie Flynn ; foreword by Helen Prejean
- Subject
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- Asylum, Right of
- trueAsylum, Right of
- Asylum, Right of -- United States
- Deportation
- trueDeportation
- trueDeportation -- United States
- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
- trueFriendship
- trueAfrican immigrants
- trueImmigration and emigration law
- trueImmigration policy
- trueNuns
- trueRefugees
- trueTorture victims
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Emigration and immigration | Government policy
- trueImmigration and emigration
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- What is it like to be a young mother threatened with deportation to the country whose government has imprisoned you and whose soldiers have raped and tortured you? You don't want to leave your children behind, but how can you take them with you, knowing that your homeland, ruled by chaos and violence, is notorious for murdering failed asylum seekers? Regina Bakala found herself in just this situation ten years after escaping the Congo and settling in the United States. Upon arrival, Regina had worked with an immigration lawyer, then joyfully reunited with her husband, also a Congolese torture survivor, and had two children. Life was challenging but full of hope until the night there was a knock at the door and immigration agents burst in. They forced Regina from her home as her family watched, then locked her in prison to await deportation to certain death. In Rescuing Regina, author Josephe Marie Flynn tells Regina's powerful story-and how her husband, a pit-bull lawyer, a group of volunteers, and a feisty nun set aside political differences to galvanize a movement to save her. Revealing what she uncovered about US immigration policies and the dangers faced by those escaping war crimes, Flynn exposes an America most never see: a vast underbelly of injustice, a harsh detention and deportation system, and a frighteningly arbitrary asylum process. In their battle for justice, Regina and Josephe not only confronted dangerous obstacles but also reawakened emotions and traumas from the past. A compelling story of a quest for justice, Rescuing Regina is also a tale of friendship, faith, hope, and the transformative journey of two friends.--Book jacket
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- 10009674
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- Flynn, Josephe Marie
- Dewey number
- 323.6/31
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JV6601
- LC item number
- .F55 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Asylum, Right of
- Deportation
- United States
- Asylum, Right of
- Deportation
- Emigration and immigration
- United States
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the battle to save a friend from deportation and death
- Label
- Rescuing Regina : the battle to save a friend from deportation and death, Josephe Marie Flynn ; foreword by Helen Prejean
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-331) and index
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- rdacarrier
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- Contents
- pt. 1. Tragedy upon tragedy -- pt. 2. Wounded warriors -- pt. 3. Mobilizing for action -- pt. 4. Where is home?
- Control code
- ocn690086952
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 339 pages
- Isbn
- 9781613736586
- Lccn
- 2011011117
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)690086952
- Label
- Rescuing Regina : the battle to save a friend from deportation and death, Josephe Marie Flynn ; foreword by Helen Prejean
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-331) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. Tragedy upon tragedy -- pt. 2. Wounded warriors -- pt. 3. Mobilizing for action -- pt. 4. Where is home?
- Control code
- ocn690086952
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 339 pages
- Isbn
- 9781613736586
- Lccn
- 2011011117
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)690086952
Subject
- Asylum, Right of
- trueAsylum, Right of
- Asylum, Right of -- United States
- Deportation
- trueDeportation
- trueDeportation -- United States
- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
- trueFriendship
- trueAfrican immigrants
- trueImmigration and emigration law
- trueImmigration policy
- trueNuns
- trueRefugees
- trueTorture victims
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Emigration and immigration | Government policy
- trueImmigration and emigration
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