Hannelore Romeike

Hannelore Romeike: The Romeikes roh-MEYE-kees moved to Morristown in eastern Tennessee in 2008 after an escalating fight with German officials that led to fines totalling 7,000 euros, or more than $9,000. Uwe and Hannelore Romeike said they feared that if they stayed in Bissingen an der Teck in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, their children could be taken away because the family refused to comply with a law mandating that all children attend school, according to Times Colonist. In May, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said the family did not meet the criteria for asylum, finding that Germany does not single out religious minorities for persecution. The court found that Germany treats all truants the same regardless of the reason, religious or not. Earlier this month, the court declined to revisit the issue and NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Attorneys for Christian parents who fled Germany in order to home school their children but have been denied U.S. asylum said they are preparing to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and were working with Congress to try to change asylum law. The family initially was granted asylum by a Memphis immigration judge, but that ruling was overturned. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.