German family who sought asylum for homeschooling faces deportation after 15 years in US

 

German family that unsuccessfully fought for asylum to homeschool their kids in the United States is facing deportation next month — despite living in Tennessee for 15 years with the government’s blessing.

 

In 2014, the Obama administration’s Department of Homeland Security granted “deferred action” status to seven members of the Romeike family, who pulled their kids from Germany’s public school system over concerns that it was warping their children’s personalities and attacked “family values.”

 

Yet earlier this month, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer told the family they had four weeks to apply for German passports ahead of their deportation — with zero explanation for the sudden expulsion. 

 

Deportation “would tear the family apart,” patriarch Uwe Romeike, 52, told The Post, his voice quiet and exhausted.

 

The government’s sudden upending of the Romeike family’s life has come more than a decade after Uwe Romeike and his wife, Hannelore, fled Bissingen, Germany with their then-five children for violating the country’s strict education laws, which effectively bans homeschooling. 

 

 

 

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