Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 9, 2023 / 11:45 am
A family of German Christians who has lived in the United States for years in order to continue home-schooling their children has received a stay of deportation for one year after fears that they would be forced to leave the country, a U.S. senator says.
CNA reported last month that the Romeike family was facing potential deportation by the Biden administration after having spent over a decade in the United States. Parents Uwe and Hannelore had brought their children to Tennessee after fleeing Germany in 2009 due to that country’s effectively outlawing home schooling for nearly every family living there.
A group of U.S. representatives had urged the Department of Justice last week to refrain from deporting the family. A U.S. senator, meanwhile, released a statement saying they received a stay of deportation by immigration officials this month.
Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn said in a post on her Senate website on Friday that her office had “received news that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)” was “‘approving a Stay of Removal for one year’ for the Romeike family.”