Justice Dept. seeks to deport German homeschooling family

With all the people they aren’t willing to deport, and all the current discussion around the development of a humane immigration policy, it seems amazing that the Justice Department won’t grant asylum to a German family that moved from Germany to the U.S. (legally) to avoid religious prosecution.  In Germany, it is illegal for parents to homeschool their children, and parents who do so based on their religious beliefs face fines and criminal prosecution.   According to the UK’s Daily Mail Online:

When they took their three oldest children out of school in 2006, police showed up at their house within 24 hours, only leaving after a group of supporters showed up and organized a quick protest.

But their legal troubles were just beginning. Germany began fining the family, ultimately racking up a bill of more than 7,000 Euros ($9,000).

After they fled to the United States in 2010, the Romeike family initially were granted political asylum and found a home in Tennessee. They had a sixth child. But then U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appealed the asylum decision in 2012.