The Romeike family will be able to stay in the United States following a remarkable turnaround by the federal government.
Uwe and Hannelore Romeike have been fighting to keep their family in the United States, where they immigrated legally from Germany in 2008.
Had the family stayed in Germany they would have faced heavy penalties because of their decision to home-school.
All went well until the Obama administration began threatening to deport the family to Germany, where the state would be able to take custody of their children as they did in the case of the Wunderlich family.
On Monday the Supreme Court declined to hear their appeal for asylum and the Romeikes assumed all their options were exhausted. On Monday Fox news announced ‘Team Obama wins fight to have Christian home-school family deported.’
It came as a surprise to everybody when a Supervisor with the Department of Homeland Security called HSLD to say the Romeikes had been granted “indefinite deferred status”. The federal government’s 24-hour turnaround was announced today on the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) Facebook page.
Uwe Romeike commented in a statement on the HSLDA website: “We are happy to have indefinite status even though we won’t be able to get American citizenship any time soon. As long as we can live at peace here, we are happy. We have always been ready to go wherever the Lord would lead us—and I know my citizenship isn’t really on earth.”
HSLDA Chairman Michael Farris gave the glory to God.
“This is an incredible victory that I can only credit to Almighty God. I also want to thank those who spoke up on this issue—including that long ago White House petition. We believe that the public outcry made a huge impact. What an amazing turnaround—in just 24 hours,” he said.
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I’ve no doubt that if this Christian family were a group of homos then they would have been granted asylum and citizenship in record time.
It is good news that they have been allowed to stay, but a terrible blight upon Germany. Is Germany going to persecute Christians as they did the Jews?