as someone who is too lazy to watch entire yt video, why would the romeike family be deported?
so i am also lazy and hate Trace's hypocritical ass so i haven't watched the video, but my understanding in bullet points is:
1. The Romeikes came to America in like 2008 I think on the basis of seeking asylum for religious persecution. Germany (their home country) has strict education requirements that very rarely permit homeschooling, which is what they wanted to do.
2. Germany does have government approved private Christian schools but apparently these are still too worldly for the very evangelical Romeikes. They chose America over a European country with less strict education laws bc of it's concentration of bigots per capita.
3. They were given a few years to be in the Untied States while their asylum claims were gone over, and then at some point the US government was like "ok look this is silly and you need to go home" which they've been appealing ever since. It's been a minute too, I think that decision was made back during the Obama admin.
4. Lydia's parents of course had kids during the time they've been here which complicates things (and I think they knew it would).
5. So what's happening now is they're running out of ways to bide their time and could very likely be sent back to Germany soon.
6. Lydia can apply for a spousal visa but she would still have to go back while she's waiting for approval, which could take months to years. Ryker would likely go with her, as I think babies of German citizens born abroad have up to a year to become dual citizens.