“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.
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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.
Onyango is not a relative whom Obama has discussed in campaign appearances and, unlike Obama’s father and grandmother, is not someone who has been part of the public discussion about his personal life.
A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Kelly Nantel, said the government does not comment on an individual’s citizenship status or immigration case.”
Additionally it is reported that she has been living on public assistance as well. That translates into Barack Obama’s direct relative not only broke the law, but has been ripping off the tax payers. Is this the type of person Obama is talking about “redistributing wealth” for?
The only question at this point is “What did you know Senator Obama and when did you know it?” It needs to be known whether or not if at anytime Barack Obama knowingly helped his aunt break the law.
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tony
November 1st, 2008 at 1:18 pm
1no wonder Obama raise 600 million dollars, man donation are illegal such as from illegal aliens, to return Obama will give them driver license, then US citizens, voila 12 million more US citizen on WellFare,Medicaid, Public Housing,Wic,Foodstamp (Obama was on Foodstamp despite she married twice to Muslim foreingners , very patriotic ???) on on tax payers
How about illegal donations from radical Muslims,what kind of return Obama will do to repay them??? Scary?? Fear of Fear, but Americans, live responsible, VOTE responsible, DRIVE carefully( Obama’s father is life long DUI, wife beater too, ask Ruth, another white wife )
Jimmy Smith
November 1st, 2008 at 3:27 pm
2I’m more concerned about electing a guy who doesn’t know he has eight houses (and 13 cars) than about electing a guy who doesn’t know the immigration status of a distant relative.
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