The Romeike family fled Germany because in their home country they would suffer severe penalties for schooling their own children in their own home. Germans still observe Nazi-era laws which forbid any students from avoiding mandatory state youth indoctrination.
The Romeike family fled to the United States in 2010, where they were granted political asylum by a Federal judge. Now, however, the Obama Justice Department is taking issue with the asylum, maintaining that the German government has not violated the family's rights by threatening to confiscate their children.
German homeschoolers fight for asylum in US | Al Jazeera
http://video.foxnews.com/v/22095248...-for-homeschooling/?playlist_id=1484128321001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNAck0_yMCU
The Romeike family fled to the United States in 2010, where they were granted political asylum by a Federal judge. Now, however, the Obama Justice Department is taking issue with the asylum, maintaining that the German government has not violated the family's rights by threatening to confiscate their children.
German homeschoolers fight for asylum in US | Al Jazeera
http://video.foxnews.com/v/22095248...-for-homeschooling/?playlist_id=1484128321001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNAck0_yMCU