Born on a US military base, the son of a US citizen father serving in the Army, Jermaine Thomas never considered that he might not be American.
A month ago, he found himself shackled at the wrists and ankles and forced aboard a flight for Jamaica, his father’s birthplace and a country Thomas had never been to before.
“It’s too hard to put in words,” Thomas told CNN. “I just think to myself, this can’t really be happening.”
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“Born on a US military base to an American father, but deported to a foreign country anyway? That’s a real-life Catch-22. His family’s perspective on his American identity makes sense, given his roots.”