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As of press time, the petition had nearly 85,000 signatures. It has until April 18th \u2014 10 days \u2014 to meet the minimum requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/2013\/03\/06\/obama-justice-department-fighting-to-deport-christian-homeschooling-family-seeking-asylum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As previously reported<\/a>, Uwe and Hannelore Romeike fled to the United States in 2008 after German authorities demanded that they stop homeschooling their six children. Homeschooling was made illegal in the country in 1938 under the dictatorship of Adolph Hitler, and the law has never been repealed, but rather strengthened. 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