Скачать или смотреть “We had no freedom:” A Boston man recounts nearly 100 days spent in ICE detention

The manager of the popular Boston restaurant, Suya Joint, says he relied on coping techniques learned in therapy to weather three months in ICE custody.

Paul Dama was granted asylum earlier this week and walked out of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Burlington, MA on Thursday night.

Dama - who is married to a U.S. citizen - fled his native Nigeria after being kidnapped by the terrorist group, Boko Haram.

“I gained all the strength and even the confidence to go before the judge knowing that I had that kind of support from the community. Without it, I don’t think I would be here right now," Dama told GBH News in an exclusive interview Friday morning.

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