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| Deportation hearing for Obama's illegal immigrant aunt set for April 1st |
| 2009-03-27 |
| Zeituni Onyango, aunt of President Obama and illegal immigrant from Kenya, is scheduled for a deportation hearing on April 1. Since being ordered deported in 2004, Onyango has resided in the U.S. illegally; living five years in Boston's taxpayer-funded public housing. This will be the third effort by the 56 year-old to avoid deportation. Onyango came to the U.S. in 2002, seeking political asylum from the violence in Kenya. President Obama stated that he hasn’t been involved in the matter and that it should be resolved the same way as any other case. Some critics of the President see this issue as a test of his duty to enforce laws concerning immigration. Regarding Onyango living in Boston public housing, critics also point out that there are countless legal immigrants and citizens on waiting lists for the accommodations. Executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, Mark Krikorian, stated that if Obama’s aunt is finally deported, it could “raise the president’s credibility enormously on immigration enforcement." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #10 Ima concurring with B. Good snark is subtle (mine usually ....isn't) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-03-27 22:14 |
| #9 Yes, SW. I enjoyed that one too. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-03-27 13:05 |
| #8 Besoeker takes the lead in the Rantburg 'Understated Snark of the Week' award ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-03-27 10:53 |
| #7 April Fool's Joke? |
| Posted by: William Marcy Tweed 2009-03-27 10:49 |
| #6 There's always Vera Baker's place in Martinique? Just say'n. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-27 09:14 |
| #5 She's gonna get turned down and the congress is going to pass a personal law exempting her. Just watch. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-03-27 08:49 |
| #4 If she has already been ordered deported. Why the hell is she getting another hearing? Throw her ass on the first boat to Kenya. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-03-27 08:26 |
| #3 Since being ordered deported in 2004, Onyango has resided in the U.S. illegally; living five years in Boston's taxpayer-funded public housing. Your welcome. Now GTFO! |
| Posted by: Raj 2009-03-27 08:06 |
| #2 Onyango came to the U.S. in 2002, seeking political asylum from the violence in Kenya. That's kind of amusing, given that her (Muslim) tribe was doing the slaughtering. Maybe the sight of unclean infidel blood disturbed her. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2009-03-27 07:22 |
| #1 The timing is ironic. I see no reason for Obama to treat auntie any diferently than his mother and close friends. Another one coming under the bus. Legally, the decesion seems clear, though how often is the law followed through on in imigration cases like this? |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-03-27 05:03 |