Glenn Beck’s favorite immigrants
Conservatives rally around a controversial family facing deportation. Take one guess why
BY SALLY KOHN
Did you know that Glenn Beck has pledged $50,000 to the legal fund of an immigrant family facing deportation from the United States? As of April 9, a petition to the White House to grant the family permanent asylum, organized by Christian conservative groups, topped 100,000 signatories, the threshold to trigger a response from the administration.
Confused? I can explain. The Romeike family arent just any immigrants. They are evangelical Christians from Germany. And, oh yeah, theyre white.
Uwe and Hannelore Romeike are devout Christians who want to home-school their five children. But under German law, attendance at an officially recognized school whether a public school or a private religious or secular school is mandatory. Facing over $10,000 in mounting fines and police escorting their children to school daily, the Romeikes were contacted by the Virginia-based Home School Legal Defense Association which was looking to expand its work internationally and suggested the Romeikes resettle in Morristown, Tenn., and apply for political asylum.
Many conservatives, especially on the far right, have been vociferous in their opposition to immigration reform and a road to citizenship for the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States. Glenn Beck himself said that there are only three reasons to be an illegal immigrant in the United States:
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http://www.salon.com/2013/04/10/glenn_becks_favorite_kind_of_immigrants/