Posted on 03/31/2009 10:38:13 AM PDT by Chet 99
Zeituni Onyango, President Barack Obama's aunt, is seeking asylum in the United States for a second time.
Onyango, 56, is the half-sister of Obama's late father. She moved to the United States in 2000 and applied for and failed to win asylum once before, in 2004. She was ordered deported but continues to live in public housing in Boston.
An initial hearing on Onyango's case is scheduled for Wednesday in U.S. Immigration Court in Boston.
She is asking to be reconsidered for asylum under a provision that allows denied claims to be reheard if applicants can show something has changed to make them eligible.
Obama has said he didn't know his aunt was living here illegally and believes laws covering the situation should be followed.
"The president believes that the case should run its ordinary course, and neither he nor his representatives have had any involvement," spokesman Ben LaBolt said last week.
Onyango was mentioned in Obama's memoir, "Dreams from My Father," and described meeting her during a 1988 trip to Kenya.
Christmas and Thanksgiving at the White House, "I'm with him -->" Tee shirts with the Big "O" logo on them, Secret Service;
Not a bad gig.
Why is that?
“Why is that?”
Not enough to get there and far enough she can’t swim back!
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