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- brad3378, on 11/01/2008, -26/+90I'll be damned.
This one actually made it to many mainstream media sources:
http://news.google.com/news?q=obama%20aunt
Great investigative reporting - considering there's like 4 days left.
/sarcasm - OHIOman, on 11/01/2008, -60/+111No wonder Obama wants gov't handouts like drivers licenses, social security, healthcare, etc. to illegals...his relatives would benefit! He speaks of being his brother's keeper but doesn't walk the walk!
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -39/+86Why hasn't Obama shared his wealth with her?
- crownedgriffin, on 11/01/2008, -9/+45If the government told me to go to Kenya, I'd run and hide too.
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -17/+50Because he wants to share YOUR wealth with her.
- barktwiggs, on 11/01/2008, -27/+59"Records compiled by The Huffington Post show she gave a total of $260 to the campaign."
Not only has she been living here illegally for the past four years, but Obama has accepted campaign donations from her, a foreign national. Obama has been skirting the rule of law for too long and deserves to rejected this coming Tuesday. - inactive, on 11/01/2008, -24/+55Just to remind readers, this is the woman who said “I can’t talk about it [her relationship with Obama]...After the 4th, I can talk to anyone.” Was she contacted by Obama and muzzled prior to his nomination?
- retiredat44, on 11/01/2008, -42/+72WTH isn't Homeland security dragging her illegal ass out of here and back to where she belongs? Our government has enough crooks, we don't need any more.. Obama is aiding and abbeting illegals..
- deidre77, on 11/01/2008, -12/+36Unbelieveable isn't it? Yet we knew everything about Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin within 36 hours.
This is complete *****.
GO OUT AND VOTE! THE MEDIA HAS DECIDED, NOW MAKE YOUR CHOICE!!!! - inactive, on 11/01/2008, -21/+450bama's brother lives in a hut in poverty. 0bama's aunt lives in public housing in poverty. Spreading the wealth is a one way street with him. He wants you to give up your money to help illegals and Kenyans living in huts but can't manage to help his vbrother and his aunt?
Is there anything about 0bama that isn't phony? - geoffludt, on 11/01/2008, -36/+59I want to know what his holiness has to say about this, would he uphold the law of the land and deport his own aunt?
- aldigg, on 11/01/2008, -37/+60Is anyone surprised that Obama could not care less about his African family members?
As a U.S. Senator, Barak could have gotten a permanent visa or citizenship for his aunt, but he didn't care enough.
Senator Obama will ignore the story about his impoverished aunt. - Okinsley, on 11/01/2008, -17/+39ohhh snap, she knows what shes doing.
"come talk to me after the 5th." Thats what she said to the reporters.
smart woman. - inactive, on 11/01/2008, -13/+35"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."
If she's been in the US illegally for 4 years, mentioning the December 2007 violence is a red herring. Her request for asylum was denied 4 years ago, and she didn't leave. A brief period of violence 3 year later doesn't retroactively justify her refusing to deport.
I also liked the last sentence:
"It was not immediately clear how Onyango might have qualified for public housing with a standing deportation order."
Here's my guess: Because cities don't check immigration status, and the Federal Government refuses to do its job. - maz2331, on 11/01/2008, -42/+64Yet another reason to say NOBama.
- XEKEdotcom, on 11/01/2008, -14/+35There has been nothing short of media malpractice over the last year, and the fact that stories like this are dug up by foreign press and only acknowledged by our press day to months later only re-enforces the idea that the mainstream media is worthless.
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -17/+37Illegal residency may well be a family tradition at this point . . . .
- deidre77, on 11/01/2008, -8/+27Uh, they already have committed a crime. Thats whay they call them 'illegals'
- Gandalff, on 11/01/2008, -19/+38I wounder if ACORN registered her yet? and if she VOTED? and for WHOM?
- brad3378, on 11/01/2008, -7/+26He already spent his entire $700 Billion allowance bailing out his buddies at Goldman Sachs.
- MindyB, on 11/01/2008, -14/+32UPDATE TO THIS NON-STORY:
CHICAGO – 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."
Onyango, 56, is part of Obama's large paternal family, with many related to him by blood whom he never knew growing up.
Obama's father, Barack Obama Sr., left the future presidential nominee when the boy was 2, and they reunited only once — for a monthlong visit when Obama was 10. The elder Obama lived most of his life in Kenya, where he fathered six other sons and a daughter with three other wives. He died in a car crash in 1982.
Obama was raised for the most part by his mother and her parents in Hawaii. He first met his father's side of the family when he traveled to Africa 20 years ago. He referred to Onyango as "Auntie Zeituni" when describing the trip in his memoir, saying she was "a proud woman."
Obama's campaign said he had seen her a few times since that meeting, beginning with a return trip to Kenya with his future wife, Michelle, in 1992. Onyango visited the family in Chicago on a tourist visa at Obama's invitation about nine years ago, the campaign said, stopping to visit friends on the East Coast before returning to Kenya.
She attended Obama's swearing-in to the U.S. Senate in 2004, but campaign officials said Obama provided no assistance in getting her a tourist visa and doesn't know the details of her stay. The campaign said he last heard from her about two years ago when she called saying she was in Boston, but he did not see her there.
Onyango's refusal to leave the country would represent an administrative, noncriminal violation of 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 U.S.
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.
The East African nation has been fractured in violence in recent years, including a period of two months of bloodshed after December 2007 that killed 1,500 people.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said Saturday that he had no idea how Onyango might have qualified for public housing with a standing deportation order. He said he's not involved in the operations of the agency, even though he appoints the head, because it runs mainly on federal and state dollars.
William McGonagle, deputy director of the Boston Housing Authority, said when contacted: "I know nothing about it and I've got no comment."
___ - inactive, on 11/01/2008, -4/+21That may be the best reply ever on digg, other than the gazillion "That's what she said" replies.
- spankaccount, on 11/01/2008, -23/+40So much for spreading the wealth around, eh Obama?
- edstate, on 11/01/2008, -9/+25This will go down in history as the most biased election ever.
It's understandable that we want "anyone but bush" after these last 8 years, but the "fix" that's in, and so obvious, is absolutely amazing.
What's even more amazing is that everybody knows it. There's just smiles and shoulder shruggs.
Again, no matter how much you hate Bush, there is no excuse for this. - Jashobeam5, on 11/01/2008, -1/+16That would follow his style so far.
- gbudavid, on 11/01/2008, -5/+19Is Donating $250.00 to Her Nephews campaign Illegal. I sez yes.http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/UH_OH_Obama_s_il ...
- DCMacHead, on 11/01/2008, -0/+14Please think about what you said and try again.
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -4/+17Obama admitted earlier this week that she is his Aunt. He has not said, to my knowledge, if he knew of her presence prior to the press finding her. He has also not said if he would give her one thin dime of his own millions.
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -5/+18Given the fact she was in the autobiography that Ayers wrote for 0bama I guess you have never read what 0bama is about and are just answering out of ignorance.
- kwilliams1130, on 11/01/2008, -15/+28Which part of ILLEGAL can't people understand!!!!
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -1/+14Obama I believe gives about .2% of his wealth to charity. To make up for his lack of charity, he will force you to give more. It evens out in his mind I guess.
- barktwiggs, on 11/01/2008, -3/+15I'm just repeating what the Huffington Post reported and what was in TFA! Besides, poor people know a good investment when they see it. Donate money to Democrats who will further redistribute money to them through social programs. Thats how it works.
Also, I said nothing about Obama knowing her personally, only that she is a foreign national. McCain has safeguards in place to make sure that eligible donors are screened before accepting money, but apparently Obama thinks fundraising and winning is more important that obeying the law. - duggitt4u, on 11/01/2008, -12/+24That's not the Aunti Zeituni I knew.
- ozel01, on 11/01/2008, -2/+14And I guess he happened to miss her employeer and address on the donations she has been mailing him.
- ozel01, on 11/01/2008, -1/+13She is doing better than the rest of the family in Kenya. He lets them get by there on about $1 a month. A really charitable person I see. Oh wait, I forgot, his money don't count, only the money of everyone he can tax to death.
- staticjeff, on 11/01/2008, -2/+14the best reason to not vote for barack obama:
barack obama - inactive, on 11/01/2008, -2/+14You are saying Aunti Zeituni was important enough for Obama to have her at his swearing-in ceremony, but he didn't know where she was for 4 years? You got to be joking. Also, Obama wrote about dear Aunti Zeituni in his joke of a "memoir". The excuses you obamascum make for Obama is astounding. Imagine it was McCain instead of Obama, and lets see what you write. Worthless obamascum.
- 24AheadDotCom, on 11/01/2008, -22/+34ICE has temporarily halted all deportations apparently because of this case (not that they needed much of an excuse). The issue here shouldn't be about cracking down on BHO's impoverished aunt and making her situation even worse than it is, even despite the fact that she illegally redistributed what little money she had in donations to his campaign.
The issue here is BHO, and he needs to answer some questions:
http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/008272.html
If anyone wants to do a public service, go to one of BHO's public appearances, ask him why he didn't help out his aunt, and then upload his response to Youtube. - dienaked, on 11/01/2008, -6/+18She's one of 10 million or so. They don't deport any of them until they basically commit a crime.
- seeingright, on 11/01/2008, -15/+26Hey check this post out on Digg too.. the Reverend Wright and G-#### America AD that is running in all the swing states over the weekend..
http://digg.com/politics/Obama_and_Wright_He_Never ...
- ozel01, on 11/01/2008, -0/+11Tell me, just what do you know about immigration and citizenship? I've brought two different wives back here from Turkey. My first ex came as a legal immigrant and got her citizenship. There are no huge barriers to overcome, just fill out some forms, make some appointments and everything is taken care of. My second wife came as a legal immigrant and still maintains her immigration status. Not hard to do. Just get a new green card every ten years. She is checking into getting her citizenship now. So, what exactly is inhumane about following established law?
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -2/+13And illegal getting public housing and on welfare and illegally donating money to Obama. How much lies and fraud do you think she committed? This is where our tax dollars are going and Obama wants to encourage this. If Obama is elected, wait until the illegals get free education, healthcare ...
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -5/+16That makes what, number 732,864 ‽ ‽ ‽
- rightwingkiller, on 11/01/2008, -15/+25Boston is a sanctuary city.
If they thought she might be here illegally, it just moves her to the top of the list for taxpayer funded services.
Also, our Governor, 'Coupe DeVal' Patrick is an Obama associate. I'm sure measures were taken to assist and protect her. - inactive, on 11/01/2008, -4/+14Ahhh... uh, uh, um... I would, would never... disassociate myself, uh... with uh... Auntie Zeituni Onyango. She... uh, represents the best of what the Black community has to offer, and we need, uhhhh, to, uh.... understand the situation that brought Auntie Zeituni Onyango to the desperation... uh... uh, uh, ah... as a, an, uh... African-Americ... uhhhh... as an African woman living in America.
But I must say, in all sincerity.... uhhhh...ahhhh....ummmm....th-th-that, that this is NOT the... uh... NOT the Auntie Zeituni Onyango that I thought I knew. And uh.. accordingly.... I ah, uh, um, I have... I have sent Auntie Zeituni Onyango to the underside of the bus, where... uh... she will wait.... with... uh... Reverend Wright, William Ayers, Rashid Khalidi, Tony Rezko, Louis Farrakhan, Bernadine Dohrn, and My lovely wife Michelle... uh.... until AFTER November 4th!
(Disciples cheer)
--Barack Hussein Obama - inactive, on 11/01/2008, -1/+11Retard, Aunti Zeituni was at Obama's swearing-in ceremony. And Obama has said he will return the illegal $260 now that he's been found out. But he won't return millions in illegal donations because the liberal media hasn't found out about it yet.
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -5/+15The morons are the ones who didn't read "Dreams..." where this particular aunt is mentioned fondly.
Perhaps 0bama supporters are really stupid enough to vote for him without knowing a damned thing about him.
You appear to be one of those. - inactive, on 11/01/2008, -13/+23So?
Are you supposed to keep track of all your relatives? I have about 20 aunts and uncles and the gods know how many cousins. For all I know one of them could be up to no good too. - dienaked, on 11/01/2008, -3/+13deidre77, It's technically an administrative, non-criminal violation of U.S. immigration law.
They get to stay here on the non-criminal violation part.
It stays out of the courts. -
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