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Going Home in Handcuffs

Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, federal immigration agents have targeted for removal thousands of Muslim immigrants illegally living in the United States. Ajaz Ahmad was one of those targeted. From member station WNYC, Marianne McCune followed Ahmad back to his hometown in Pakistan as he looked back on his life in America.

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