Jermaine Amani Thomas was born in August of 1986 on a U.S. military base hospital in Frankfurt, Germany.
The citizenship of his father and mother at the time of his birth is as follows:
Father: U.S. Citizen, born in Jamaica. He became a Naturalized U.S. citizen in 1984, two years before the birth of his son. Certificate of Naturalization is displayed above in the featured image (picture of son to the left). He (the father) was born in Jamaica in July of 1950 (age 34 at time of son’s birth).
Mother: Kenyan Citizen, born in Kenya. She was married to his father at the time of his birth (they divorced two years later in 1988).
Thomas’ father was serving in the U.S. Army at the time of his birth in 1986 and had been in the U.S. for nine (9) years.
Thomas spent the first three years of his life on the U.S. military base in Germany. He entered the mainland U.S. with his mother in 1989 and has remained within the U.S. ever since. He is now age 39.
His father served nearly two decades (one source says more than a decade) in the U.S. Army and passed away in 2010.
In 2016 the U.S. Supreme Court found that Thomas was not (and never had been) a U.S. Citizen and was/is deportable: JERMAINE AMANI THOMAS, AKA JERMAINE THOMAS, PETITIONER v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, ATTORNEY GENERAL, No. 15-889, Supreme Court of the United States.
After the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2016 it appears that Thomas was allowed to continue residing within the U.S. and to do as a free man (rather than in custody).
It wasn’t until recently (2025) that he was arrested for a crime (not a felony) in Texas, spent around 30 days in jail there and then released to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) where he spent approximately two months in custody before being flown to Jamaica and released there.
From what I’ve read he’s been in trouble with the law several times throughout his life. I’m not sure whether or not any of the criminal cases were felonies or if he’s ever been convicted of a felony. From what I’ve read it looks like he’s been arrested over the years for fighting and stealing (not for murder, not for rape, not for robbery). Nevertheless, his criminal record shouldn’t be relevant if he was/is a Natural Born Citizen of the United States of America.
It seems to me that Jermaine Thomas is most likely a Natural Born Citizen of the USA. However, the US Supreme Court says he was never even a US Citizen.
It should also be noted that he’s never been a citizen of any other country relevant to his birth:
He’s not a Citizen of Germany (where the US military base is/was located).
He’s not a Citizen of Jamaica (where his father was born).
He’s not a Citizen of Kenya (where his mother was born).
Sources:
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
CNN
By: Zoe Sottile, Updated: Jul 8, 2025
(archived, read free: https://archive.ph/hQIsK)
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported. He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
The Austin Chronicle
By: Maggie Quinlan, Published: June 4, 2025
Man With Kenyan Roots Decries Deportation to Jamaica by Trump Administration
Kenyans.co.ke
By Maurine Kirambia, Published July 9, 2025
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