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RNS: Judge Grants Political Asylum to German Home-schoolers
A U.S. immigration judge has granted political asylum to a Christian family from Germany that wants to home-school its children.
The Home School Legal Defense Association, which defended the family, announced the Tuesday (Jan. 26) decision by Judge Lawrence Burman in Memphis, Tenn.
“This decision finally recognizes that German home-schoolers are a specific social group that is being persecuted by a Western democracy,” said Mike Donnelly, an attorney and director of international relations for the Purcellville, Va.-based association.
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