Obama Throws Illegal Immigrant Aunt Under the Bus – Must Be A New Record in Bus Throwing
Terry Trippany on Nov 01 2008 at 12:10 pm | Filed under: Election 2008, Feature Article, Media Watch
Today’s Update: Hypocrisy Alert – Conyers Demands Investigation Over Leaked Aunt Immigration Status
I believe that some sort of record has occurred here. Literally hours after the Associated Press reported that Barack Obama’s Aunt Onyango is an illegal immigrant Barack Obama made room under the bus and commenced to throw her under it right next to Reverend Wright, Tony Rezko and all the other radicals that Barack Obama is running away from.
CHICAGO (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Saturday he didn’t know his aunt was living in the United States illegally and believes that laws covering the situation should be followed.
The Associated Press found that Obama’s aunt had been instructed to leave the country four years ago by an immigration judge who rejected her request for asylum from her native Kenya. The woman, Zeituni Onyango (zay-TUHN on-YANG-oh), is living in public housing in Boston and is the half-sister of Obama’s late father.
A statement given to the AP by Obama’s campaign said, “Senator Obama has no knowledge of her status but obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws be followed.”
Note that the media has taken a new approach in reporting this story. Rather than let it fester unreported while bloggers beat it to a pulp the media is working to get this story out of the way as quickly as possible.
According to Federal Election Commission documents filed by the Obama campaign, Onyango has contributed $260 to Obama over a period of time. Under federal election law, only U.S. citizens or green-card holders are legally permitted to give money to campaigns. Onyango, who listed her employer as the Boston Housing Authority, gave in small increments to the Obama campaign. Her latest contribution was $5 on Sept. 19.
The AP could not immediately reach Onyango for comment. When a reporter went to her home Friday night, no one answered the door. A neighbor said she was often not home on weekends. Onyango did not immediately return telephone and written messages left at her home.
Onyango was instructed to leave the country by a U.S. immigration judge who denied her asylum request, a person familiar with the matter told the AP. This person spoke on condition of anonymity because no one was authorized to discuss Onyango’s case.
It was unclear why her request was rejected in 2004. 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.
Information about the deportation case was disclosed and confirmed by two separate sources, one a federal law enforcement 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 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 directive suggests that the administration is sensitive to the political implications of Onyango’s case coming to light so close to the election.
No duh. Everyone but Barack Obama knew of her status. Suuuure.
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Obama’s Aunt is an Illegal…
This is rich! Obama’s aunt is an illegal alien who has ignored deportation orders for four years! Obama, of course, doesn’t know anything about it. Unfortunately, this will probably slide right off Obama like the trail left behind a slug…