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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Even the liberal, drive-by media isn’t ignoring this one. It’s at the top of all their websites’ headlines.
This has probably been said, but Obama didn’t know she lives here, she contributes money to his campaign, he ‘thinks’ she is back in Kenya, his campaign accepts money from his Kenyan aunt.
Would that not immediately fall under ‘ILLEGAL DONATION’???
It’s ok, it’s a democrat on the receiving end.
Hmm, he didn’t know that Dr. Wright was preaching incendiary anti-America garbage for 20 years. He had no idea about Ayers’ past. He has no recollection of being an ACORN trainer. Now he says he didn’t know that his aunt is here illegally.
Dude’s not very observant, is he? Not very omniscient for a Messiah, huh?
Obama’s camp is saying the “O” didn’t know.
Sure, the “Dear Auntie” of his memoirs goes through a deportation hearing and doesn’t contact her nephew the millionaire politician for help....and she just got lucky getting the housing, job and getting on the dole.
Even Low Info Voters can smell the stink on this one.
Obama says he didn’t know aunt’s illegal status
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121711/posts
An ‘Idiot Wind’ [Wash. Compost barf alert]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121220/posts
McCain has suddenly discovered a new boogeyman to link to Sen. Barack Obama: a sometimes controversial but widely respected Middle East scholar named Rashid Khalidi. [snip]
Another day, another terror tie for Obama
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=79568
Professor friend has long history with Arafat’s PLO
Ayers still hot. Ayers Updates:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2111988/posts?page=59#59
[FBI info — Ayers worked with Cuba]
[4,000 strong petition: Academia supports Ayers.]
Obama’s Venomous Artist-Fundraiser
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121506/posts
two to four million dollars[1] through the help of Shepard Fairey, a “graffiti artist” who paints works glorifying Stalin, Lenin and Mao, while depicting Uncle Sam as a bloodthirsty killer [snip]
DNC delegate from California votes in New Mexico.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121668/posts
Paparazzi: Obama has testy moment with the media...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D945ORIO1&show_article=1
WASHINGTON POST Earnings Plummet; Down 86%...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103101021_pf.html
BLACK EYE: CBS falls to $12.46B loss on hefty charge...
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081030/tbs-earns-cbs-f8250da.html
HITWISE SHOCK: DRUDGE TOPS NYTIMES IN WEB TRAFFIC; CNN OVER MSNBC...
http://www.drudgereport.com/hit3.pdf
‘Governator’ Schwarzenegger mocks ‘skinny’ Obama...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081031/ts_alt_afp/usvotemccainschwarzenegger_081031231405
Key word, ACORN: http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/acorn/index
Ohio Secretary of State Linked to ACORN, Project Vote
Boehner Bashes Justice Dept. For Not Doing Enough On Voter Fraud
Lawyers: Justice Dept not enforcing election laws
How Mortgage Crisis Happened: Good Intentions Paved Dire Path
Obama Voters and ACORN (Video)
Police Arrest ‘ACORN’ Worker For Prostitution
Voting Early & Often “At a recent briefing at Heritage, Spakovsky said ACORN might be even more emboldened by a Supreme Court ruling this month concerning the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in Ohio, which he suggested makes voter verification difficult.” [snip]
Here we have SanFransisco trying to make sure every homeless person has a shopping cart, and illegal aliens are getting public housing.
Public housing?.......
"Find something else to investigate...for your family's sake."
I dont know whether to laugh or cry...
If she gets special treatment it will set a very bad prescedence...
AMNESTYVILLA Cuidad, USA
(United States of AMNESTY)...
Dems. The gift that just keeps giving.
Now that everyone knows she’s here illegally, I’d love to see the reaction.
Are they going to deport her?
Her name appears 68 times in one of his ghost written books.
LOL....
About the legality of having this information...you misunderstood what I said. Lets say you knew this woman was in Boston and you found out she was Obama’s Aunt. Tell me how you would go about legally discovering that she was an illegal? You can’t walk up and ask her because she’s not home. What legal access do you have to any kind of records that would give you that information?
The answer is you have no such access. I just didn’t want the O camp to be able to point the finger back at us over gaining information illegally like they did with Joe the Plumber. Had I read MORE before I made a knee jerk reaction I wouldn’t have questioned the information.
It is on foxnews.com, has been there since very very early this morning. Was hoping it would be on air by now.
I'm thinking yes, before and the fact.
Amazing << Hear this.
OHHHHHH you may be right! She is here illegally because she applied for asylum and was denied. You apply for asylum because if you go home someone is going to kill you. Good call:)
Okay, when is the INS going to raid this place and demand reparations?
America is evolving into a lawless society, where the government has made legitimate citizenship all but pointless.
Then I guess you can see how your statement prompted my response.
I do understand now what you were saying.
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