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Showing Original Post only (View all)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.
— Grant Stern (@grantstern.bsky.social) 2025-06-26T17:03:21.663Z
This man has no citizenship now.
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 hed never been to, a stateless man.
Im looking out the window on the plane, Thomas told the Chronicle, and Im 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 fathers birth country of Jamaica (a place hed never been).
Thomas doesnt 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. Soldiers Son, Jermaine Thomas Deported to Jamaica
June 19, 2025 / Jamaica Live Medias
So why didnt 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 didnt have the right legal representation to hear his case?
While not the only factor, racism and systemic bias likely contributed to Jermaines 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 militarys 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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Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base. [View all]
IrishBubbaLiberal
Jun 26
OP
The issue was only ever a political smear, but it was hashed out in public anyway...
Hekate
Jun 26
#12
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
What they are showing us here is, they can do anything to anyone at any time
questionseverything
Jun 26
#8
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