Posted on 10/31/2008 8:59:09 PM PDT by Fred
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.
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THEY DARN WELL KNOW WHO DID GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION
YET THEY IMPLY IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LEAKED BY BUSH OR MCCAIN
Good old AP, they pulled the same stunt during the Gore = Bush election with a leak from the Starr investigation. After the election it turned out a DEMOCRAT judge had leaked it.
You said leave her alone. She never hurt anybody. I said neither did the guy that robbed the bank.
She is in country living off the public dole. What difference is that than robbing a bank. Both are stealing.
Get it?
she lives in BOSTON.
Quite possible. This story tries to blame McCain and Bush for blowing the whistle on Baracks Auntie.
You know that he knows...I know that he knows. But, we’re at the mercy of a lame media that may not even ask. And, if they do - he’ll say he didn’t know and they’ll not question him beyond that because they think he’s a god...or that he’ll throw them off the campaign plane.
I'm not sure if deportation orders are public but if they are not they damn well should be.
HELLO!!!! it's because she was illegal. He knew she was here...but throwing her dollars leaves a trail to an illegal whom is sponging off the tax payers.
Sheesh, just how stupid do you think we are?
BTW, sleep well tonight, in the thought that if McCain wins, you won't face the type of politically based retalliation you were drooling over inflicting on others, if Obama won.
OTOH...it would be very foolish of you to “believe” McCain is better (less lethally corrupt) than Obama, and yet still you vote for Obama.
I do occasionally feed the trolls.LOL!
snort!
Finally an angle SNL can take advantage of with BO!
Remember Billy Carter and Billy Beer?
Imagine this on SNL............ROFL ROFL
I’ve heard she donated a considerable sum - I think on the radio I heard $1200 but I can’t recall the exact number, I just remember hearing an amount that seemed to much for a woman living in section 8 housing. Is it legal for non-citizens to donate? Is it legal for them to live in subsidized housing?
Auntie Z is illegally living in America.
Auntie Z is living in public housing, subsidized by you and me. Therefore, an American citizen who would have been eligible for this taxpayer paid housing has been denied this benefit.
Auntie Z lists no source of income. How does she support herself?
Auntie Z. has been under a deportation order for four years.
Auntie Z. said she joined Project Experience three years ago. This is a government paid program that teaches over 55 folks to volunteer in the public school.
Auntie Z is 57. Three years ago she was 54. Thus she was not the age required, ie 55, in order to participate in this program.
Auntie Z. says she joined the program BECAUSE SHE WAS IDLE.
Then, what is and was her source of income?
Auntie Z. has been under a deportation order the entire time she was in Project Experience.
If Auntie Z.has been receiving Food Stamps, she has been receiving them illegally for at least four years.
Auntie Z. has contributed $ 260.00 to Obama, illegally, as she is not a citizen. This money probably originated with the US taxpayer. ACORN principles in action.
Auntie Z. could have lived in Obama’s million dollar mansion in Chicago, and helped Michelle raise the kids. But just like the kids not seeing their soon to expire white Grandma in Hawaii in August or October, Michelle doesn’t want the kids polluted with never-do-well poor relations.
Auntie Z. has sponged off the US taxpayer for five years, four of which while under a legal Federal deportation order, thus taking money due for an American citizen rightly eligible for the benefits she enjoyed.
Auntie Z. might be a nice lady, but she’s Kenya’s problem, not ours. Wednesday morning she needs to be on her way to Logan airport bound for Kenya.
And send her no good nephew and his wife the bill for the airfare.
We’ve paid enough.
He does not and will not have the authority to do so. Hussein is going down!
Bump, cuz this is interesting.
The article says: “... 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. “- sounds like as leak to me.
.. and then goes on to speculate if Bush and McCain were behind it.
Yes it sure seems like deportation orders would be public and disseminated to all LEs.
Simply put: Obama treats his family TERRRIBLY — and Americans (especially black-Americans) will not like it one damn bit...
Think about it: there are only 2 possibilities:
1. He didn't know she was in the US (or where she was) — in which case he DID NOTHING to try to find her (believe me, if an English Newspaper can find her, Obama could have had he cared).
BTW — if this was true wouldn't you expect him to be HAPPY and THANKFUL that she had been found? Wouldn't you rush to her side - and tearfully introduce her to your wife and children?
Also, it's going to be pretty hard to say you didn't know she was here WHEN SHE SENT YOUR CAMPAIGN A FRIGGIN’ CHECK!!!
— or —
2. He did know she was here and where to find her and he didn't give a rat's a$$... Didn't care that she was illegal, didn't care that she was subject to deportation, didn't care that she lived in or near poverty.
When it suited his purposes, he exploited his Kenyan family in his books to create an likable image for himself... when it suited his purposes he pretended that she was didn't exist and hoped no one would find her...
AMERICANS OF ALL POLITCAL PERSAUSIONS BELIEVE IN FAMILY —
OBAMA HAS NOW BEEN EXPOSED — HE CARES ABOUT NO ONE BUT HIMSELF
IF HE WONT TAKE CARE OF HIS OWN FLESH AND BLOOD — WHY WOULD YOU BELIEVE HE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU?
It is not clear when Ms Onyango first came to the US. She said: “I have been coming to America ever since 1975. I always come and go.”
She is a frail woman who walks with the aid of a metal stick. Neighbours said that she lived alone in a ground-floor flat normally set aside for people facing physical hardship.
A staff member at the Boston Housing Authority office, 50 yards from her house, said Ms Onynango had been a volunteer resident health advocate between December 2007 and August this year. She worked six hours a week for a small stipend. Records show she used the housing authority’s address to make her campaign contribution.
GEEZ, I thought she was a frail old woman not able to work! She's 56! Living here illegally and living on welfare, gov't housing, food stamps and free medical, no doubt!!
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