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US Soldier’s Son, Born on Army Base in Germany, Is Deported to Jamaica
TEXAS, JUL 8 – Jermaine Thomas was deported after a court ruled he was not a US citizen due to his father's residency requirements despite being born on a US military base, leaving him stateless.
- Earlier this month, Jermaine Thomas was deported to Jamaica after legal rulings denied his US citizenship, despite being born on a US military base in Germany, under Trump’s immigration crackdown.
- Legal rulings from 2015 determined bases overseas aren’t U.S. soil under the 14th Amendment, leading to Thomas’s ineligibility for citizenship as his father lacked required residency.
- Following his February 21 arrest for trespass, Thomas served 30 days in Texas, was detained by ICE, and deported despite a legal battle reaching the US Supreme Court.
- Jermaine Thomas is now stateless and homeless in Kingston, unable to work or obtain ID, separated from his family after deportation to a country he never knew.
- Experts warn that Thomas’s case highlights legal gaps, with over 200,000 stateless Americans in 2022 and court ambiguity over bases' citizenship status.
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Jermaine Thomas was born in 1986 in an American military hospital in Frankfurt, Germany. His mother is Kenyan, his father – already deceased – was an American citizen and served for more than a decade in the Army.That's why, for much of his life, Thomas believed that he was also an American.But last month, handcuffed and chained, he was forced to board a plane to Jamaica, his father's native country, and in which he had never been.In February of…
'Can't be happening!' Son of US soldier born on military base deported
A 39-year-old man born on a U.S. military base to an American father now finds himself stranded and homeless in Jamaica after being deported to a country he's never been to and isn't a citizen of.Jermaine Thomas, speaking from a Kingston homeless shelter, told CNN the surreal experience is difficult to process. "It's too hard to put in words," he said. "I just think to myself, this can't really be happening."Thomas was born in 1986 at a US milit…
Jermaine Thomas is the son of a US citizen, but was born in Germany on a US military base. Now he was deported to Jamaica – a country where he has never been before.
Born in a U.S. military base, the son of a U.S. citizen father who served in the Army, Jermaine Thomas never considered that he might not be an American.
By Zoe Sottile Born on a US military base to a US citizen father who served in the Army, Jermaine Thomas never considered that he might not be American. A month ago, he found himself shackled by his wrists and ankles and forced to board a flight to Jamaica, his father's birthplace and a country Thomas had never been to before. "It's so hard to put into words," Thomas told CNN. "I just think, this can't be happening." He is legally stateless, he …
By Zoe Sottile Born on a US military base to a US citizen father who served in the Army, Jermaine Thomas never considered that he might not be American. A month ago, he found himself shackled by his wrists and ankles and forced to board a flight to Jamaica, his father's birthplace and a country Thomas had never been to before. "It's so hard to put into words," Thomas told CNN. "I just think, this can't be happening." He is legally stateless, he …
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