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Jamaican asylum seekers hiding in Philadelphia church free after 843 days, in 'Christmas miracle'

Jamaican asylum seekers hiding in Philadelphia church free after 843 days, in ‘Christmas miracle’ Josh Marcus © Provided by The Independent An undocumented Jamaican couple who spent more than two years hiding out in a series of Philedelphia churches could soon walk free, after the US reportedly dropped its deportation case against the aslyum seekers.   Clive and Oneita Thompson, who fled Jamaica after a gang burned their farm and threatened to kill them, have been sheltering in churches in the Philadelphia area since August 2018, seeking to escape the imminent deportation proceedings against them. But now the couple and their legal advocates say Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has moved to drop the case, according to the

A couple hid in two Philadelphia churches for 843 days to avoid deportation. Now they are free

Jamaican couple steps into freedom after 843 days in Philly sanctuary

USA TODAY Oneita and Clive Thompson on Monday celebrated their freedom after spending more than two years – 843 days – living in sanctuary in Philadelphia churches to avoid deportation. The Jamaican couple said they received notice from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week that the agency will support their case to stay in the country, The Philadelphia Inquirer first reported. Over the course of two years, the Thompsons gained national attention as one of many undocumented families that sought refuge in churches after President Donald Trump came into office. "You just feel victorious," Oneita told USA TODAY on Monday. "Like a burden has just fallen off the shoulders."

Undocumented immigrants and churches that give them sanctuary face breaking points

Trump admin allows Philly sanctuary family to go home — WHYY

By CJ Thompson (center) with his parents Oneita and Clive Thompson-Lewis (right), and his siblings, Christine, 17, and Timothy, 14. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) A Jamaican couple that spent more than two years living in Philadelphia churches as they faced deportation walked free Monday morning. Oneita and Clive Thompson left the Tabernacle United Church in West Philadelphia shortly after 10 a.m. as supporters rang bells and speakers blasted choir music nearby. They’d spent the prior 843 days in “sanctuary,” living in churches as a way to avoid deportation and becoming symbols of the movement that grew in response to the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

Thompson family to leave church sanctuary at Tabernacle United as government drops deportation case