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A Boston Housing Authority official said yesterday the agency was never notified of a deportation order issued for Barack Obama’s aunt, who has been living in federal- and state-funded public housing in South Boston since 2003. BHA Deputy Director William McGonagle said Zeituni Onyango, 56, a native of Kenya, met the criteria to live in federally funded housing when she applied in 2003. The Associated Press reported yesterday that an immigration judge instructed Onyango to leave the country in 2004 after her asylum request was denied. “The deportation order, based on my understanding, based on what I’ve read in the...

the mass of rats who've come from under the woodwork and don't know anything about the issues and are voting because of the bandwagon effect....worries me.

WASHINGTON: With the White House seemingly within grasp, Barack Obama was rocked on Saturday by news that he has an African aunt living ''illegally'' in the United States and that she may have made a small but unlawful contribution to his presidential campaign. The story doesn't appear to be a major roadblock to Obama's drive to the White House, but the conservative media broke into a feeding frenzy over the weekend after the 'scoop' was first reported in the Rupert Murdoch-owned Times of London and latched on to by other right-wing properties such as Fox and other media outlets. Obama...

Barack Obama's aunt, who lives in a Boston housing project, has made illegal donations to his campaign this year, the campaign acknowledges. The donations are against the law because Zeituni Onyango, a half-sister of Obama's father, is a citizen of Kenya, The Times of London reported. Campaign laws require all donors to U.S. political campaigns to be U.S. citizens. The Obama campaign said Onyango contributed a total of $265 and all the money would be returned, CNN reported. In his book, "Dreams From My Father," Obama described his meeting with Onyango in Kenya in 1988. "'Welcome home', Zeituni said, kissing...