'The Romeikes Can Stay': Good News for German Home-Schooling Family Denied Asylum

'The Romeikes Can Stay': Good News for German Home-Schooling Family Denied Asylum

In a dramatic 24-hour turnaround, the German family that likely faced deportation after the Supreme Court didn't take their case yesterday has been granted "indefinite deferred status" by the Department of Homeland Security.

"We're not entirely sure what it all means, but it's definitely good," Home School Legal Defense Association attorney Jim Mason told CT. "It permits them to stay in the country and work here."

The Romeikes, whose asylum case has pushed persecution boundaries, will be able to stay in the United States permanently, unless they are convicted of a crime, HSLDA Chair Michael Farris wrote in a Facebook post that garnered more than 7,000 "likes" in the first hour. HSLDA represents the family.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2014/march/romeikes-can-stay-good-news-for-german-home-schooling-famil.html

(not a lot of sources to use, most all referred back to this one so used it. Nothing on DHS site as of yet but if that changes will add it)