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Clive Thompson reads aloud the letter that means he and his wife, Oneita, no longer need to fear deportation. They are joined by their son, Timothy, 15. Emma Lee/WHYY
After more than two years living in churches to avoid deportation to Jamaica, Clive and Oneita Thompson noticed some basic life skills had deteriorated.
The first time Oneita went to take out money from an ATM, she said, "'Wait a minute, what do you do again?' ... I truly did not remember how to use my card."
Sometimes, when Oneita wakes up in the morning, she needs to remind herself the family is free.
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Thursday, May 13, 2021
Clive Thompson reads aloud the letter that means he and his wife, Oneita, no longer need to fear deportation. They are joined by their son, Timothy, 15.
Emma Lee/WHYY
After more than two years living in churches to avoid deportation to Jamaica, Clive and Oneita Thompson noticed some basic life skills had deteriorated.
The first time Oneita went to take out money from an ATM, she said, "'Wait a minute, what do you do again?' ... I truly did not remember how to use my card."
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By Laura Benshoff
May 13, 2021
After more than two years living in churches to avoid deportation to Jamaica, Clive and Oneita Thompson noticed some basic life skills had deteriorated.
The first time Oneita went to take out money from an ATM, she said, “‘Wait a minute, what do you do again?’ … I truly did not remember how to use my card.”
Sometimes, when Oneita wakes up in the morning, she needs to remind herself the family is free.
“I always have to tell myself that it’s real,” Oneita said last week, about five months after the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent a letter to the couple, saying that it would remove the last hurdle for them to get green cards.
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Clive and Oneita Thompson, with their son, Timothy, and daughter, Christine (not pictured), have moved into a home in Southwest Philadelphia after more than two years in sanctuary. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
After more than two years living in Philadelphia churches to avoid deportation, Clive and Oneita Thompson noticed some basic life skills had deteriorated.
The first time Oneita went to take out money from an ATM, she said, “‘Wait a minute, what do you do again?’ … I truly did not remember how to use my card.”
Sometimes, when she wakes up in the morning, she needs to remind herself the family is free.
JerseyJamaicaPennsylvaniaUnited-statesNew-jerseyPhiladelphiaCedarvilleJamaicanClive-thompsonDonald-trumpOneita-thompsonPeter-pedemontiChurches protected dozens of families under Trump. Now that they’re leaving, is sanctuary over? Jeff Gammage, The Philadelphia Inquirer © MONICA HERNDON/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Carmela Apolonio Hernandez, in pink sweater, buys snacks with her children Edwin, 12, Yoselin, 14, and Keyri, 16, across the street from the Germantown Mennonite Church in Philadelphia, Pa. on Monday, March 15, 2021. Hernandez and her four children intend to exit the church and live freely while pursuing a visa that would allow them to live and work permanently in the United States.
Carmela Apolonio Hernandez doesn’t yet know where she’s going, but she knows what she’s leaving — the inside of Philadelphia church walls that for more than 1,100 days have been a comfortable prison.
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