Floyd Herbert Abdul, a native of Zimbabwe living legally in the United States, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on November 24th, 2006. He was plunged into a bureaucratic system that he describes as “hell on Earth”. Abdul’s nightmare started when he never received a letter informing him of an upcoming immigration hearing because the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent it to an outdated address. Abdul is seeking political asylum in the U.S. because of his opposition to Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe. Although US ICE eventually agreed to release Abdul on $25,000 bail, the memories of the harsh conditions he endured for 4 months lingered.