Obama's Aunt - Illegal Alien
 

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated Press has learned.

Zeituni Onyango, 56, referred to as "Aunti Zeituni" in Obama's memoir, was instructed to leave the United States by a U.S. immigration judge who denied her asylum request, a person familiar with the matter told the AP late Friday. This person spoke on condition of anonymity because no one was authorized to discuss Onyango's case.

Information about the deportation case was disclosed and confirmed by two separate sources, one of them a federal law enforcment official. The information they made available is known to officials in the federal government, but the AP could not establish whether anyone at a political level in the Bush administration or in the McCain campaign had been involved in its release.

Onyango's refusal to leave the country would represent an administrative, non-criminal violation of U.S. immigration law, meaning such cases are handled outside the criminal court system. Estimates vary, but many experts believe there are more than 10 million such immigrants in the United States.

The AP could not reach Onyango immediately for comment. No one answered the telephone number listed in her name late Friday. It was unclear why her request for asylum was rejected in 2004.

Great, another 'relative' story. I used to be Billy Carter and Roger Clinton. This year it's Joe McCain and "Aunti Zeituni". Not much of an issue unless either candidate intervened on their behalf.

BTW, GWB didn't have a ne'er do well relative. GWB was the ne'er do well relative.

Obama on Aunti Zeituni: If she's illegal, follow the law.

I can feel a campaign commercial coming on......

you can't choose your relatives . . .

John now thinks he can win Massachusetts.

I agree, deport her ass in the morning.

They can't, until they deport the millions in line in front of her. I know some Nigerians in MA, that were told to go home over 12 years ago... and every couple of years since. But they don't go and the government can't seem to find them, although they can send them letters every couple of years. :rolleyes:

Based on what I was reading earlier, the City of Boston isn't allowed to ask about immigration statuses. So unless ICE hauls her away, it's essentially a non-issue.

Correction...from the article I posted earlier:

She said that although Onyango entered the system under federal guidelines in a federal development, she now lives in a state-funded development. State law forbids the authority from even asking Onyango about her immigration status. That means the federal deportation order has no bearing on Onyango's eligibility for the state-funded project where she lives, Agro said.

"We're not convinced that the deportation decision will affect her housing at all right now," she said.

Cool! I'm packing as we speak - I'll come back online to arrange a Cellar GTG in Massachusetts :)

Why not Sundae, my neighbor's English girlfriend has been here for 10years. I would gladly trade her for you any day. Any day....

This is apparently the sister of the father that abandoned Obama and his mother?

Fucking Republican bullshit grasping at anything they can. Its embarassing. This couldn't possibly be more pointless.

[thenew]Spode you should find this frightening, but you're apparently too busy hating America.[/tw]

:D