Facing Deportation, They Fled to the Safety of a Church. Now They Are Free. A Jamaican couple spent nearly two and a half years inside Philadelphia churches, isolated even further by the pandemic. This month, U.S. immigration officials relented. Clive and Oneita Thompson fled gang violence in Jamaica in 2004 and sought asylum in the United States.Credit...Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer, via Associated Press Dec. 24, 2020 Hand in hand, Oneita and Clive Thompson danced out of the Tabernacle United Church in Philadelphia, their fists raised in victory. The Jamaican couple had spent nea...