"Attorneys for Christian parents who fled Germany in order to home school their children but have been denied U.S. asylum..."

"... said they are preparing to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and were working with Congress to try to change asylum law."

In May, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said the family did not meet the criteria for asylum, finding that Germany does not single out religious minorities for persecution. The court found that Germany treats all truants the same regardless of the reason, religious or not. Earlier this month, the court declined to revisit the issue.

ADDED: Why do they need to come to the United States? Germany is in the European Union, so they have a legal right to relocate to other EU countries, including Ireland, which has a right to home-school.