Overview

• Last week, U.S. authorities removed Thomas to Jamaica, marking his first entry to the country he has never visited.
• In 2015, the Supreme Court upheld his removal order, ruling that his Army veteran father’s overseas service fell short of citizenship requirements and citing Thomas’s criminal convictions.
• Without citizenship in the United States, Germany or Jamaica, he was classified as stateless under U.S. immigration law.
• His deportation was triggered by a misdemeanor trespassing arrest during an eviction in Texas and a subsequent two-and-a-half-month ICE detention.
• Now living in a hotel in Kingston, he remains unsure who is funding his stay and whether he can legally remain or obtain employment.