US EditionBorn at a US Military Base, Deported to a Country He’s Never Been: A Stateless Man’s Plight
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.
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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 …
Born at a US military base, deported to a country he’s never been: A stateless man’s plight
Jermaine Thomas, who has struggled with schizoaffective disorder and a history of homelessness and criminal convictions, was shackled and forcibly removed from the US following an arrest for criminal trespass.
He was born to a US citizen soldier on an army base in Germany. Now he’s been deported to Jamaica, a country he’d never been to
Born on a US military base, the son of a US citizen father serving in the army, Jermaine Thomas never considered he might not be American.
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