Recently, in a interview by Glenn Beck of Rand, Beck brought up the Romeike family's deportation back to Germany. Rand offered to make some effort to stop it from happening. Today, I was emailed by someone in my church about supporting the WH petition about the family- so it seems to be making the rounds. Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone has heard about any steps Rand to keep good on his word with regard to this deportation.
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Funny, my sister's church / home school group mentioned sent her the same thing and she mentioned it to me today.
Are there any links / sources?
Are there any links / sources?
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Maybe organize a brief for the court?
Here are some details:
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On April 23, 2013, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in the case of Romeike v. Holder, where the family will attempt to have the deportation order made against them set aside. While the Romeikes had originally been granted asylum in the United States, on the grounds Germany prevented them from homeschooling their children, that decision was overturned by a panel of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Homeschooling is Illegal in Germany
German parents have not been able to legally homeschool their children since the practice was banned by the Nazis in 1938. The purpose of the ban was to force children to be indoctrinated by schools controlled by Hitler and the Third Reich.
After that time, the ban has been upheld by the Supreme Court of Germany. According to the court, “preventing homeschooling was to counteract the development of religious and philosophically motivated parallel societies.”
Uwe and Hannelore Romeike are evangelical Christians. In 2006, they took their five children out of state-run schools and homeschooled them. The couple claimed their kids were being taught things that went against the family’s religious beliefs. German law allows for fines and imprisonment to be imposed on parents who do not send their children to state-run school. Eventually, the Romeikes racked up fines of approximately $9,000. The state also threatened to take the children away from the Romeikes if they did not send them back to school.
In 2008, the family fled Germany and arrived in the United States where they made claims for asylum.
Immigration Judge Grants Asylum to the Romeike Family
Under American law, asylum can be granted to a claimant who proves he or she has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion. Claims for asylum can be made by a foreign national who is already in the United States or who appears at a port of entry.
The Romeikes applied for asylum after reaching the United States. They settled in Tennessee and a hearing was held in Memphis on January 21, 2010 before Immigration Judge Lawrence O. Burman. Five days later, Burman rendered his decision granting asylum to the family.
The judge found the motivation of the German government was suspect. In his reasons Burman said rather than consider what is best for the welfare of the children, the government was concerned only with parallel societies—something Burman found odd.
In his oral reasons, the judge stated, “Homeschoolers are a particular social group that the German government is trying to supress. This family has a well-founded fear of persecution…therefore they are eligible for asylum.”
The government appealed the decision of Judge Burman to the Board of Immigration Appeals. In 2012, the board allowed the appeal and ordered the Romeikes to be deported. It is the appeal from this decision that will be heard by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
SOURCE:
http://www.decodedscience.com/germa...chool-children-appeal-deportation-order/28159
Here are some details:
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On April 23, 2013, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in the case of Romeike v. Holder, where the family will attempt to have the deportation order made against them set aside. While the Romeikes had originally been granted asylum in the United States, on the grounds Germany prevented them from homeschooling their children, that decision was overturned by a panel of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Homeschooling is Illegal in Germany
German parents have not been able to legally homeschool their children since the practice was banned by the Nazis in 1938. The purpose of the ban was to force children to be indoctrinated by schools controlled by Hitler and the Third Reich.
After that time, the ban has been upheld by the Supreme Court of Germany. According to the court, “preventing homeschooling was to counteract the development of religious and philosophically motivated parallel societies.”
Uwe and Hannelore Romeike are evangelical Christians. In 2006, they took their five children out of state-run schools and homeschooled them. The couple claimed their kids were being taught things that went against the family’s religious beliefs. German law allows for fines and imprisonment to be imposed on parents who do not send their children to state-run school. Eventually, the Romeikes racked up fines of approximately $9,000. The state also threatened to take the children away from the Romeikes if they did not send them back to school.
In 2008, the family fled Germany and arrived in the United States where they made claims for asylum.
Immigration Judge Grants Asylum to the Romeike Family
Under American law, asylum can be granted to a claimant who proves he or she has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion. Claims for asylum can be made by a foreign national who is already in the United States or who appears at a port of entry.
The Romeikes applied for asylum after reaching the United States. They settled in Tennessee and a hearing was held in Memphis on January 21, 2010 before Immigration Judge Lawrence O. Burman. Five days later, Burman rendered his decision granting asylum to the family.
The judge found the motivation of the German government was suspect. In his reasons Burman said rather than consider what is best for the welfare of the children, the government was concerned only with parallel societies—something Burman found odd.
In his oral reasons, the judge stated, “Homeschoolers are a particular social group that the German government is trying to supress. This family has a well-founded fear of persecution…therefore they are eligible for asylum.”
The government appealed the decision of Judge Burman to the Board of Immigration Appeals. In 2012, the board allowed the appeal and ordered the Romeikes to be deported. It is the appeal from this decision that will be heard by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
SOURCE:
http://www.decodedscience.com/germa...chool-children-appeal-deportation-order/28159
lol yeah, I talked to some Germans about homeschooling and they said "omg! but how will those make friends? i bet they aren't learning anything!" also when I pointed out to others that they go to school for 1 year more than kids in the US, they say, "yes but that means we learn more than you."
Granted this was in Eastern Germany where more people speak Russian than English, so take that as you will.
Granted this was in Eastern Germany where more people speak Russian than English, so take that as you will.
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Who is "the government" in this case? Why are these people wasting time and money appealing a case like this?
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Eric Himmler Holder aka the Department of Injustice.
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Here's a Fox News report:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/video-embed.html?video_id=2282149464001
Paging eduardo, can you put this on YouTube?
http://video.foxnews.com/v/video-embed.html?video_id=2282149464001
Paging eduardo, can you put this on YouTube?
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Germany today seems like it's run by non-violent Nazis. Don't they throw people in jail for speech?
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Grassley asked the same question as he was leaving our town hall, and I had the same answer (minus the middle name). He said Holder wouldn't have anything to do with this. He thought I must be mistaken. Unfortunately, I doubt if he did any follow-up on it at all.
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Some speech, yes. "Hate speech." Then again, so do we. Remember the Philadelphia 11? I throw that case at anyone who claims we have freedom of speech in this country...
I would have so been killed....
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Germany jails people for Holocaust denial for five years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6364951.stm
Hope Sofia/Max doesn't go there.
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Obviously not Holder directly but some jackass in the Department.
What did Grassley say about gun control? He's allegedly working on his own bill which is worrying... did he say anything about it?
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Its ridiculous. I know Holocaust denail is ridiculous, but remember that whole thing about "Then they came for the communists... then they came for me..." Which ironically was also a reference to Germany.... You have the right to say any crap you want. Anything. Even to shout fire in a crowded theater, provided you own the theater...
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Well, the name of the case is Romeike v. Holder. If he wants to put his name on it, I see no reason not to credit him directly.
Grassley has backed waaaaaaay up on gun control. He promises any bill he supports won't have .... I don't remember exactly, but basically anything he thought the folks in the crowd would object to.
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