From The Bulletin:
US Judge Grants Asylum To German Homeschoolers
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Purcellville, Va. — On Tuesday, in a first of its kind case, a federal immigration judge in Memphis, Tennessee granted political asylum to the Romeike family, who fled Germany in 2008 to escape persecution from the German government for the “crime” of homeschooling.Judge Burman said in his decision that, “The rights being violated here are basic human rights that no country has a right to violate.”
Judge Burman also expressed concern that while Germany is a democratic country and an ally, its policy of persecuting homeschoolers is “repellent to everything we believe as Americans.” — keep reading
More on the Romeike family from HSLDA.
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