H.R. 1153 offers asylum to homeschoolers

***** ***** ***** ***** LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT - March 3, 2015 From:  Roy Hanson and Nathan Pierce -- Family Protection Ministries ***** ***** ***** ***** We have a God-given responsibility to help our brothers and sisters in the Lord when their very freedom to do what God has called them to is being attacked by their own governments. Please read and take action on the following HSLDA alert. ***** ***** ***** ***** ***FROM THE HSLDA ELERT SERVICE*** Call Congress to Stand for Freedom Take Action Please call your U.S. representative and ask him or her to support the homeschool asylum language in H.R. 1153. You can reach your representative by calling the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121, or by using HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox. Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, Amid the immigration debate in Washington, D.C., legislation is pending that will make it possible for families who are treated harshly over homeschooling to find refuge in the United States. The legislation was developed by HSLDA along with supportive members of Congress in the wake of the Romeike family's 2013 asylum case. The bill has been introduced as H.R. 1153, the Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2015, and is scheduled for a vote in the House Judiciary Committee this week. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (UT), joined by original cosponsor Daniel Webster (FL) and Rep. Robert Goodlatte (VA), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, have included specific language that would allow up to 500 grants of asylum to families fleeing homeschool persecution. The Romeike family would be able to reopen their case under the proposed law. The bill, which includes other changes to the Immigration and Nationality Act, including ordering the U.S. Attorney General to hire at least 50 more immigration judges, would make it easier for families who are treated harshly because of homeschooling to be granted asylum. The bill explicitly refers to homeschooling as a particular social group and specifies that a person is "deemed" to be eligible for asylum if he or she is persecuted for homeschooling or if the person resists anti-homeschooling laws in his country of origin. The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to discuss the bill on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Take Action Please call your U.S. representative and ask him or her to support the homeschool asylum language in H.R. 1153. You can reach your representative by calling the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121, or by using HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox.     Click here for more background information.   ***** ***** ***** *****  Permission given to forward this Action Alert unaltered to your friends, church, school, and group. ***** ***** ***** ***** This Action Alert was sent out by Roy Hanson and Nathan Pierce  Family Protection Ministries PO Box 730 Lincoln, CA 95648 ***** ***** ***** *****