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IrishBubbaLiberal

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Thu Jun 26, 2025, 06:38 PM Jun 26

Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base. [View all]

Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.

This man has no citizenship now.

Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.

This man has no citizenship now.

Grant Stern (@grantstern.bsky.social) 2025-06-26T17:03:21.663Z


https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2025-06-04/texas-man-born-to-u-s-soldier-on-u-s-army-base-abroad-deported/


Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case

BY MAGGIE QUINLAN, 1:08PM, WED. JUN. 4, 2025

Ten years ago, Jermaine Thomas was at the center of a case brought before the U.S. Supreme Court: Should a baby born to a U.S. citizen father deployed to a U.S. Army base in Germany have U.S. citizenship?

Last week, Thomas was escorted onto a plane with his wrists and ankles shackled, he says. He arrived in Jamaica, a country he’d never been to, a stateless man.

“I’m looking out the window on the plane,” Thomas told the Chronicle, “and I’m hoping the plane crashes and I die.”

Thomas has no citizenship, according to court documents. He is not a citizen of Germany (where he was born in 1986) or of the United States (where his father served in the military for nearly two decades) or of his father’s birth country of Jamaica (a place he’d never been).

Thomas doesn’t remember Germany. He says he thinks his first memory is in Washington state, but he moved around so much in his military family that it was hard to keep track.

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https://www.jamaicalivenews.com/united-states-soldiers-son-jermaine-thomas-deported-to-jamaica/

Stateless and Stranded: U.S. Soldier’s Son, Jermaine Thomas Deported to Jamaica
June 19, 2025 / Jamaica Live Medias


So why didn’t Jermaine Thomas receive citizenship, even though his father was a U.S. citizen and a long-serving Army soldier? Could this be racism and coupled with the fact he didn’t have the right legal representation to hear his case?

While not the only factor, racism and systemic bias likely contributed to Jermaine’s situation in multiple ways:

— Disproportionate Scrutiny: Black and brown immigrants are often more aggressively policed, detained, and deported.

— Unequal Legal Assistance: Poor, minority communities — especially those born abroad — are less likely to get legal advocacy, which is essential in complex nationality cases.

— ICE and DHS Errors: Immigration enforcement has a long history of wrongfully detaining or deporting U.S. citizens, and these mistakes disproportionately affect Black and Latino individuals.

Combine that with the military’s own history of disenfranchising Black service members and their families, and it paints a picture of systemic neglect — if not outright racialized injustice.
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Kick dalton99a Jun 26 #1
This came up when mccain ran for prez. The issue was decided in his favor. Karadeniz Jun 26 #2
Yet this Austin newspaper is dated June 2025 IrishBubbaLiberal Jun 26 #4
The issue was only ever a political smear, but it was hashed out in public anyway... Hekate Jun 26 #12
State Department JustAnotherGen Jun 26 #29
My God iemanja Jun 26 #3
That's what I thought, too! ShazzieB Jun 26 #20
No SARose Jun 27 #51
I feel so bad for this guy sdfernando Jun 26 #5
How did he get back as a kid ? JustAnotherGen Jun 26 #31
The same for me sdfernando Jun 26 #36
I have a certificate of citizenship because my father insisted on it Picaro Jun 26 #6
My ex-husband and my son's father (white) was born on an Air Force base in England. Does this mean he's an illegal? sinkingfeeling Jun 26 #7
First I'm hearing of this..I think..a few posters are leaving. I'm without words so pissed Deuxcents Jun 26 #14
It's not being born on a military base that is the issue. Ms. Toad Jun 26 #18
1973 JustAnotherGen Jun 26 #33
The rules are different with only one American parent. Ms. Toad Jun 26 #38
Tammy Duckworth JustAnotherGen Jun 27 #43
She can't change the courts interpretation on the Constitution Ms. Toad Jun 27 #46
Indeed JustAnotherGen Jun 27 #47
wrong SonOfNebanaube Jun 26 #35
Did you read the case? n/t Ms. Toad Jun 26 #37
Maybe things have changed JustAnotherGen Jun 27 #44
What they are showing us here is, they can do anything to anyone at any time questionseverything Jun 26 #8
Wasn't Sen John McCain born overseas as his father was in the Navy? surfered Jun 26 #9
Born in Panama UpInArms Jun 26 #11
Panama was under US control at the time, Ms. Toad Jun 26 #17
John McCain UpInArms Jun 26 #10
My brother was born in the Middle East drmeow Jun 26 #13
Not the same issue - Ms. Toad Jun 26 #16
deporting someone to a country he has never been in Skittles Jun 26 #25
And how does that make the citizenship of a Ms. Toad Jun 27 #39
I have two brothers born overseas to my military dad Skittles Jun 27 #40
This was based on an appellate court decision about a decade ago. Ms. Toad Jun 27 #48
This is the same issue alleged with Obama - Ms. Toad Jun 26 #15
So how did he end up in Jamaica? forgotmylogin Jun 27 #52
His father was born in Jamaica. Ms. Toad Jun 27 #53
Okay, that at least sort of make sense. forgotmylogin Jun 27 #54
Take Ted Cruz. No seriously, take him. OnDoutside Jun 26 #19
Welcome to the Fascist States of Amurka. paleotn Jun 26 #21
I remember Rebl2 Jun 26 #22
she's the right color Skittles Jun 26 #26
Well Rebl2 Jun 26 #27
that would not surprise me one bit Skittles Jun 26 #28
I'm a Citizen Born Abroad. bluedigger Jun 26 #23
Me too CozyMystery Jun 27 #45
The law is lagging SpankMe Jun 26 #24
" immoral, cruel, devoid of compassion" Skittles Jun 26 #30
Good grief wendyb-NC Jun 26 #32
This is beyond fucked up. Especially after hearing the full story of how he was detained by ICE in the first place tulipsandroses Jun 26 #34
Yet the public and the press will still believe that the right supports the troops. LonePirate Jun 27 #41
This administration is pure evil! Initech Jun 27 #42
The Land of the Free....is false advertising. Ping Tung Jun 27 #49
My Dad was a Vietnam Veteran. And my brother was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Aristus Jun 27 #50
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