AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living in US illegally

[Amberglass]

Oh. Oh.......

AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living in US illegally

Nov 1 12:08 AM US/Eastern
By EILEEN SULLIVAN and ELLIOT SPAGAT
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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.

Onyango is not a relative whom Obama has discussed in campaign appearances and, unlike Obama's father and grandmother, is not someone who has been part of the public discussion about his personal life.

A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Kelly Nantel, said the government does not comment on an individual's citizenship status or immigration case.

Onyango's case—coming to light just days before the presidential election—led to an unusual nationwide directive within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring any deportations prior to Tuesday's election to be approved at least at the level of ICE regional directors, the U.S. law enforcement official told the AP.

The unusual directive suggests that the Bush administration is sensitive to the political implications of Onyango's case coming to light so close to the election.

Kenya is in eastern Africa between Somalia and Tanzania. The country has been fractured in violence in recent years, including a period of two months of bloodshed after December 2007 that killed 1,500 people.

The disclosure about Onyango came just one day after Obama's presidential campaign confirmed to the Times of London that Onyango, who has lived quietly in public housing in South Boston for five years, was Obama's half aunt on his father's side.

It was not immediately clear how Onyango might have qualified for public housing with a standing deportation order.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D945TEE01&show_article=1

 

[Amberglass]

Boston Housing Authority ‘flabbergastered’ Barack Obama’s aunt living in Southie

Boston Housing Authority ‘flabbergastered’ Barack Obama’s aunt living in Southie

By Jessica Fargen
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A Boston Housing Authority director says Barack Obama’s aunt, a Kenyan woman who has lived in public housing for five years, is an “exemplary resident” and only recently did anyone know of her connection to the presidential contender.

Obama’s campaign spokesman Reid Cherlin confirmed to the Herald yesterday that Zeituni Onyango, 56, who lives on Flaherty Way in South Boston, is Obama’s aunt on his father’s side.

Onyango, a Kenyan native, is believed to be the “Aunti Zeituni” in Obama’s memoir, “Dreams From My Father.”


It wasn’t until recently, when a London newspaper started making inquiries about Onyango, that Deputy Director Bill McGonagle learned of the link.

McGonagle said BHA employees were caught off guard.

“We were as surprised as anyone,” he said. “We were a little bit flabbergasted.”

Onyango has lived in Boston public housing for five years, McGonagle said.

“She has been an exemplary resident,” he said.

She received a small stipend over the past year for working six hours a week as a volunteer resident health advocate in her complex, he said.

Little else is known about her.

Onyango had conversations with several BHA employees in recent days about her blood ties to the senator, McGonagle said. She proudly displays photos of Obama, including some that appear as old as 25 years, inside her first-floor apartment, McGonagle said.

A message left at Onyango’s apartment was not returned.

McGonagle asked that the media respect Onyango’s privacy.

“She is feeling very put upon,” he said.

http://bostonherald.com/news/2008/view.bg?articleid=1128958&format=text

 

[thompson]

Like anybody is going to actually do anything about this!

 

[thompson]

“She is feeling very put upon"

Don't they all?

 

[NC Susan]

How is it we know more about Joe The Plumber income divorce and tax status in 2 weeks, than we do about this illegal immigrant on dot.gov subsidies and free housing for years and years..........

 

[Navydad]

Obama’s illegal alien aunt (and campaign donor!) is a deportation fugitive; Bush administration moves to protect her

By Michelle Malkin • November 1, 2008 01:13 AM
Well now.
Turns out Aunti Zeituni Onyango, one of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama’s many relatives made famous in his memoir, is an illegal alien. And not just a run-of-the-mill illegal alien on welfare.
She’s one of the hundreds of thousands of deportation fugitives — absconders – whom I’ve been reporting on for the past six years. After 9/11, the government vowed to crack down on absconders. They’ve failed abysmally.
Aunti’s story:

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.
​

Just you watch: After sitting silent as Joe The Plumber’s records were rummaged by Ohio government employees, the fairweather privacy rights crowd will wake up and start making noise over this.
QUESTION: Will the Obama campaign return the many donations from this illegal alien?
ANSWER: Not bloody likely.

Federal Election Commission records show that Onyango donated at least five times to her nephew’s campaign in July and September. Three of the donations were for $5 each, and two of the donations were for $25. Records compiled by The Huffington Post show she gave a total of $260 to the campaign.
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The law:

It shall be unlawful for a foreign national directly or through any other person to make any contribution of money or other thing of value, or to promise expressly or impliedly to make any such contribution, in connection with an election to any political office; or in connection with any primary election, convention, or caucus held to select candidates for any political office; or for any person to solicit, accept, or receive any such contribution from a foreign national.
2 U.S.C. § 441e.
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The AP tries to downplay Aunti’s deportation evasion and defiance of a judicial ruling:

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.
​

As I’ve pointed out countless times since 9/11, systemic immigration loopholes and deportation failures that have benefited peaceful illegal aliens have also benefited illegal aliens with nefarious intent.
Reminder from 2004:

…the system for screening out the well-meaning from the menaces is completely overwhelmed. Claims of “credible fear of persecution” are almost impossible to document, but are rarely rejected. Federal homeland security officials are unable to detain asylum seekers for background checks without the civil liberties brigade screaming “racial profiling.” And there is still a woeful shortage of detention space— just 2,000 beds nationwide— to hold those with suspect claims.
As a result, thousands of refugees and asylum seekers who have made flimsy claims of persecution are let loose. As the Department of Justice’s Inspector General reported, 97 percent of all asylum-seekers from any country who were released from immigration custody were never found again and deported.
…Ramzi Yousef landed at New York City’s JFK airport from Pakistan and flashed an Iraqi passport without a visa to inspectors. He was briefly detained for illegal entry and fingerprinted, but was allowed to remain in the country after invoking the magic words “political asylum.” The then-INS released him because it didn’t have enough space in its detention facility. Yousef headed to Jersey City to plot the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer, a Palestinian bomb-builder, entered the U.S. illegally through Canada in 1996 and 1997. He claimed political asylum based on alleged persecution by Israelis, was released on a reduced $5,000 bond posted by a man who was himself an illegal alien, and then skipped his asylum hearing after calling his attorney and lying about his whereabouts. In June 1997, after his lawyer withdrew Mezer’s asylum claim, a federal immigration judge ordered Mezer to leave the country on a “voluntary departure order.” Mezer ignored the useless piece of paper. He joined a New York City bombing plot before being arrested in July 1997 after a roommate tipped off local police.
Mir Aimal Kansi, convicted in 1997 of capital murder and nine other charges stemming from his January 1993 shooting spree outside the CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, also exploited our insane asylum laxity. Despite his history as a known Pakistani militant who had participated in anti-American demonstrations abroad, Kansi received a business visa in 1991. After arrival, he claimed political asylum based on his ethnic minority status in Pakistan. While his asylum application was pending, he obtained a driver’s license and an AK-47, murdered two CIA agents, and wounded seven others.
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And we’re still not serious about tightening up the system and enforcing the law.
Lucky for Aunti, the open-borders Bush administration has just issued a special pre-election directive to slow down any deportation efforts that might get her kicked out of the country:

Onyango’s case — coming to light just days before the presidential election — led to an unusual nationwide directive within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring any deportations prior to Tuesday’s election to be approved at least at the level of ICE regional directors, the U.S. law enforcement official told the AP.
The unusual directive suggests that the Bush administration is sensitive to the political implications of Onyango’s case coming to light so close to the election.
​

Lucky for Aunti, both presidential candidates support shamnesty in one form or another.
Lucky for Aunti, the deportation abyss has not been repaired.
Lucky for Aunti, the congressional practice of creating “special relief” bills to help individual deportation fugitives escape punishment and get rewarded with citizenship is alive and well.
And lucky for Aunti, anyone who thinks she should face the music and get the boot is considered a “hater” and a “xenophobe” and a RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACIST.
Lucky for Aunti, she can always take up shelter in a sanctuary-offering, rule-of-law defying church.
And guess where a left-wing church has openly broken the law and taken in illegal aliens?
Yeah. That’s right: Chicago.
***
Via cjburch, this Ace of Spades commenter sums it all up: “Obama’s aunt is here ILLEGALLY living in poverty, and is a deportation FUGITIVE. She’s collecting WELFARE and has DONATED to Obama’s campaign, ILLEGALLY! Obama. Family in poverty as he makes millions. Complete lawlessness. Giveaway your hard earned tax payer money to illegal fugitives. CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN.”

 

[almost ready]

Michelle Obama said it best during a campaign speech:

"One of the things, the important aspects of this race is roll modeling what good families should look like. And my view, is that if you can't run your house, you certainly can't run the White House. Can't do it.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sN1qZ...t-who-resides-illegally-in-us-to-the-shadows/

Thank you, Michelle. Who would guess we have a point of agreement?

 

[dragonslayer2001]

well

hell, let the old girl stay, and send obama back to Kenya.

He appears to be at this point, the pretender. Let her stay.

 

[willdo]

I have greater respect for the aunt than Obama

Federal Election Commission records show that Onyango donated at least five times to her nephew’s campaign in July and September. Three of the donations were for $5 each, and two of the donations were for $25. Records compiled by The Huffington Post show she gave a total of $260 to the campaign.

She gave to him while he has used her name in a book that made him millions and gave NOTHING back to his family, all of whom seem to be living in poverty. He doesn't value family or have compassion for the poor, that starts at home, again, and again, LOOK at the man's record, he doesn't walk the walk. How blind can people be?!

 

[Dobbin]

I find it interesting that the Bush Administration apparently knew of this "transgression" and chose to not act on it.

And some say we're not being "farmed."

You know, they call the candidates closest associates and advisors campaign "handlers" but I'm not sure they're handling the candidate.

Joe

 

[AddisonRose]

This is the typical appeasement from Bush, whining "why can't we all just get along?" I wish the GOP would man up. Sheesh. All is fair in love, war and politics, IMHO. AR

 

[Cascadians]

Yes, most of his relatives live in total poverty. However, he traveled in 2007 on USA taxpayer money while he was a Senator to Kenya where he helped his cousin ILLEGALLY become Prime Minister of Kenya by RIOTING, MURDERING CHRISTIANS AND BURNING THEIR CHURCHES DOWN to force inclusion in .gov even though he did NOT get the majority vote. He also promised Sharia Law to the jihaters in Kenya as a political payback.

Obama has made sure almost all his vital records are unobtainable. A huge trail of cover-ups behind him, and no actual accomplishments. What documents and interviews have come to light list him as islamic and a citizen of Kenya and Indonesia.

His relatives claim he was born in Kenya. No US court or judge so far has objectively examined this yet. It's just passed over as a hot potato to be tossed ASAP.

But Obama may in fact be an illegal alien and not qualify for POTUS.

He is a communist jihater.

 

[lojoma]

Amnesty for all of Obama's relatives! Ah hell, amnesty for all!!

 

[Fred]

I know this is fake because I have it on good TB2k authority that the MSM --- like the AP --- would NEVER write an article that could be negative for Obama.

 

[Oldotaku]

Fred, this wasn't reported by the American press, but by UK reporters. WHY ARE WE GETTING BETTER REPORTING FROM FLEET STREET THAN FROM MAIN STREET!

Well I'm certainly awake now. I'll have to go take my blood pressure pills before breakfast.

 

[Rescuedog]

Throw her a$$ out.
RD

 

[Worrier King]

Like anybody is going to actually do anything about this!

Truly.

Americans need to get their voting masturbation over with, then STFU and try to find their place in the New World Order or they and their families are going to suffer.

 

[Navydad]

AOL internet poll.
74 percent believe this will affect the election.
Not a scientific poll

 

[Kadee]

“She is feeling very put upon,” he said.


I can truthfully say, I know how she feels.

Freaks!

 

[mbo]

Fred, this wasn't reported by the American press, but by UK reporters. WHY ARE WE GETTING BETTER REPORTING FROM FLEET STREET THAN FROM MAIN STREET!

Well I'm certainly awake now. I'll have to go take my blood pressure pills before breakfast.

Ouch, smack down on Fred

 

[mbo]

How many want to guess she's getting government benefits?

 

[RootSeeker]

Why didn't Obama just sponsor her himself? It's not like he doesn't have the money. Relatives sponsor other relatives all the time. This doesn't make sense.

 

[Kadee]

Why didn't Obama just sponsor her himself? It's not like he doesn't have the money. Relatives sponsor other relatives all the time. This doesn't make sense.

Not willing to redistribute the wealth. It's called talking out of both sides of the mouth. . . .

 

[Palmetto]

Throw her a$$ out.
RD

And his too!

 

[Kadee]

And his too!

I'm almost wishing, someone would throw mine out of the USA, while there's still a chance to get out. I'm just not willing to be that freak agenda"s slave.

I've still got some living to do. . . .

 

[Amberglass]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
Obama's aunt may be illegal immigrant
Posted: 12:43 PM ET

Sen. Obama visited Kenya, his father's birthplace, in 2006. The Associated Press has reported that a paternal aunt of Obama's is living in the U.S. illegally.

(CNN) – A member of Barack Obama's Kenyan family living in the United States is facing a possible immigration issue: the Associated Press reports that an aunt he speaks about in his memoirs is living in the United States illegally.

The AP says she remain in government housing in Boston, even though an immigration judge denied her request for asylum four years ago.

Zeituni Onyango's refusal to leave the country would be an administrative violation, not a criminal matter.

CNN has not been able to independently verify her immigration status.

The Obama campaign has not yet responded to a CNN request for comment.

Obama called the woman "Aunt Zeituni" in his memoirs, where he described her as the first Kenyan relative he encountered on his visit to his father's home country.

Onyango has donated at least five times to Obama's campaign in July and September, listing her occupation as a "volunteer resident health advocate." Federal campaign finance records indicate several contributions in amounts of $5 and $25.

Updated 11:37 a.m.: Bill Burton, a spokesman for the Obama campaign, issued the following statement in response to the AP's reporting about Sen. Obama's aunt: "Senator Obama has no knowledge of her status but obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws be followed. "

Filed under: Barack Obama • Popular Posts

 

[Oilpatch Hand]

Updated 11:37 a.m.: Bill Burton, a spokesman for the Obama campaign, issued the following statement in response to the AP's reporting about Sen. Obama's aunt: "Senator Obama has no knowledge of her status but obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws be followed. "

File this trinket, along with all the other, in the very thick file labeled "All the Stuff Barry Soetoro/Barack Obama Does Not Know."

 

[Fulltimer]

It is interesting that the GW Bush Administration is protecting her.

Onyango's case — coming to light just days before the presidential election — led to an unusual nationwide directive within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring that any deportations before Tuesday's election be approved at least at the level of the agency's regional directors, the U.S. law enforcement official told the AP.

The unusual directive suggests that the administration is sensitive to the political implications of Onyango's case coming to light so close to the election.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081101/ap_on_el_pr/obama_aunt_20

I am pretty sure any problems concerning her status can be worked out by January 5th 2009.




don

 

[Amberglass]

File this trinket, along with all the other, in the very thick file labeled "All the Stuff Barry Soetoro/Barack Obama Does Not Know.

No...Oilptach...

File this trinket in the thick file labeled"All the Stuff Barry Soetoro/Barack Hussein Obama Does Not....WANT YOU TO .... Know

.

 

[mbo]

It is interesting that the GW Bush Administration is protecting her.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081101/ap_on_el_pr/obama_aunt_20

I am pretty sure any problems concerning her status can be worked out by January 5th 2009.




don

Uh yeah, GW is all part of a vast RWC to screw with the Obamination and his illegal immigrant relatives.

 

[Fulltimer]

Uh yeah, GW is all part of a vast RWC to screw with the Obamination and his illegal immigrant relatives.

Reading comprehension is not one of your strong points I see.


don

 

[Emily]

I know this is fake because I have it on good TB2k authority that the MSM --- like the AP --- would NEVER write an article that could be negative for Obama.

It all boils down to money Fred. Since the media has been trying to push Obama down our throats - the people have done the research the media never did. We have learned who this man is and reject him and with that - rejected the biased media because they no longer were serving the people, but were serving their own interests and it cost them dearly.

Readership and viewers has plunged. People have been turned off and tuned out.

So now they have realized that they best report the real news or they are done and will be replaced by the Joe the Plumbers in this world who will ask the hard questions that the media used to ask but haven't.

They have unfairly vetted Sarah Palin and McCain while giving Obama a complete pass.

They are now at the do or die moment where they better step up or they will be stepped on and discarded.

 

[Fulltimer]

It all boils down to money Fred. Since the media has been trying to push Obama down our throats - the people have done the research the media never did. We have learned who this man is and reject him and with that - rejected the biased media because they no longer were serving the people, but were serving their own interests and it cost them dearly.

Readership and viewers has plunged. People have been turned off and tuned out.

So now they have realized that they best report the real news or they are done and will be replaced by the Joe the Plumbers in this world who will ask the hard questions that the media used to ask but haven't.

They have unfairly vetted Sarah Palin and McCain while giving Obama a complete pass.

They are now at the do or die moment where they better step up or they will be stepped on and discarded.

Joe the plumber does not purchase newsprint by the rail car load or broadcast in mega watts to millions of viewers.

He is not a plumber either but that is another issue


don

 

[mbo]

Joe the plumber does not purchase newsprint by the rail car load or broadcast in mega watts to millions of viewers.

He is not a plumber either but that is another issue


don

And you are not, nor never have been, conservative.

 

[Fulltimer]

And you are not, nor never have been, conservative.

How long is that fuse and approximately when will your head explode?

I want to be sure I have popcorn and a good seat to watch.


don

 

[Oilpatch Hand]

No...Oilptach...

File this trinket in the thick file labeled"All the Stuff Barry Soetoro/Barack Hussein Obama Does Not....WANT YOU TO .... Know

.

That's probably more to the point. However, I was giving due deference to Obama's statement wherein he purported to be unaware of his "1/2 aunt's" immigration status.

And the fact that she was on public assistance.

And the fact that she was, as an illegal alien, contributing to his political campaign.

Along with all the things Obama has said he does not know regarding the background of Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.

And the abominably racist tirades of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose sermons Obama listened to for twenty years.

And the fact that his campaign is accepting campaign contributions from individuals who are citizens of foreign countries;

And the fact that his campaign, in order to skirt regulations against accepting foreign campaign contributions, intentionally disabled options in their credit-card software that enables the name of the potential donor (let's say, for instance, "Donald Duck") to be matched against the name associated with the credit card number issued.

Barry Soetoro has said he doesn't know anything about any of that stuff.

It's starting to look like Barry, by the sum of his own admissions, is the dumbest SOB ever to hold a Senate seat for 143 days.

 

[mbo]

How long is that fuse and approximately when will your head explode?

I want to be sure I have popcorn and a good seat to watch.


don

Your knee-jerk jumps to the defense of the socialist ass-wipe Obama must be keeping you pretty busy. I expect you may want to have your blood pressure checked with all the exercise it's taking.

 

[Fulltimer]

Your knee-jerk jumps to the defense of the socialist ass-wipe Obama must be keeping you pretty busy. I expect you may want to have your blood pressure checked with all the exercise it's taking.

I will be glad when this election is over but it hasn't caused me any distress as far as B/P or anger management.

I enjoy the give and take of political discussion but it can be tireing after a while.


don

 

[Amberglass]

That's probably more to the point. However, I was giving due deference to Obama's statement wherein he purported to be unaware of his "1/2 aunt's" immigration status.

And the fact that she was on public assistance.

And the fact that she was, as an illegal alien, contributing to his political campaign.

Along with all the things Obama has said he does not know regarding the background of Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.

And the abominably racist tirades of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose sermons Obama listened to for twenty years.

And the fact that his campaign is accepting campaign contributions from individuals who are citizens of foreign countries;

And the fact that his campaign, in order to skirt regulations against accepting foreign campaign contributions, intentionally disabled options in their credit-card software that enables the name of the potential donor (let's say, for instance, "Donald Duck") to be matched against the name associated with the credit card number issued.

Barry Soetoro has said he doesn't know anything about any of that stuff.

It's starting to look like Barry, by the sum of his own admissions, is the dumbest SOB ever to hold a Senate seat for 143 days.

__________________
I am just waiting to see if any of this is going to matter to the American voters.

We'll know soon enough.

 

[Emily]

Joe the plumber does not purchase newsprint by the rail car load or broadcast in mega watts to millions of viewers.

He is not a plumber either but that is another issue


don

Umm....... you obviously completely missed the point.

The comment about Joe the plumber was the fact that he actually asked Obama a tough question that is on the American's mind.

My statement was NOT about Joe the plumber.

Good grief - is that they only way that the left can deflect truth - by pointing at the gnat on the ground and say - "look at that"
hoping no body notices the truth behind their agenda? That may work with cultish followers in the Democratic party but not with the intellectuals who are trying to actually get at the truth.

I was using Joe the Plumber as a euphemism for what the media should be doing.

I don't care how many mega watts someone is talking over - if they are spewing propaganda - they will be talking over a megaphone if they don't start being more like Joe the Plumber in the way they vet a candidate.