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December 03, 2013, 03:50 pm Obama's uncle granted legal residency By Rebecca Shabad President Obama’s uncle was granted legal residency in an immigration court in Boston on Tuesday. Judge Leonard I. Shapiro of the Justice Department’s U.S. Immigration Court approved Onyango “Omar” Obama’s application for legal residency in the United States, according to the Boston Globe. He faced the threat of deportation at the hearing. The paper’s immigration reporter, Maria Sacchetti, live-tweeted the proceeding. “Thank you, your honor,” Obama said, according to Sachetti’s Twitter feed. Shapiro said he believed Omar Obama “was a gentleman, a good neighbor, paid his taxes,...

Obama Onyango lives in a modest, single-family home on a quiet, leafy street in Framingham. He hosted popular backyard barbecues. His pale yellow house was always bustling with people. And heÂ’d pass the time on the front porch, adorned with a welcome mat and flower pots. It almost sounds like the American Dream. A 2011 version of it, maybe. Because the 67-year-old Kenyan who happens to be President ObamaÂ’s uncle wasnÂ’t supposed to be living here, let alone driving drunk here. HeÂ’s what some people call undocumented. What others call illegal. Immigration authorities had been on the lookout for Onyango...