Betsy Fisher
@betsylfisher.bsky.social
Immigration law, policy, and programs.
Refugees, statelessness, families, labor migration.
Refugees, statelessness, families, labor migration.
I spoke to @cnn.com about the situation of Jermaine Thomas, who was born to a US service member on an overseas US military base -- and has now been deported to Jamaica, despite a lack of ties there.
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
Born on a US military base, the son of a US citizen father serving in the army, Jermaine Thomas never considered he might not be American.
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July 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I spoke to @cnn.com about the situation of Jermaine Thomas, who was born to a US service member on an overseas US military base -- and has now been deported to Jamaica, despite a lack of ties there.
My article "Citizenship, Federalism, and Delayed Birth Registration in the United States" was just published in the Akron Law Review.
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Citizenship, Federalism, and Delayed Birth Registration in the United States
Some births in the United States—though it is unknown how many—go unregistered. Without documentation proving the facts of their births, people without birth re
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January 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My article "Citizenship, Federalism, and Delayed Birth Registration in the United States" was just published in the Akron Law Review.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....