Boston, MA – Barack Obama’s aunt, revealed this week to be dwelling in a Boston slum, is living in the United States illegally, refusing to leave the U.S. for her Kenyan homeland when a judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, the Associated Press is reporting.
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A person familiar with the case told AP that 56-year-old Zeituni Onyango was told to leave America by a U.S. immigration judge in 2004.
Two separate sources, one of them a federal law enforcement official, disclosed and confirmed information about the deportation case.
Speaking to a reporter with the London Times, outside her home, Zeituni Onyango, 56, confirmed she was indeed the “Auntie Zeituni” so affectionately described in Obama’s best-selling memoir, “Dreams From My Father.”
In the memoir, Obama wrote: “If Jane or Zeituni ever felt ill, if their companies ever closed or laid them off, there was no government safety net. There was only family, next of kin, people burdened by similar hardship. Now I was family, I reminded myself. Now I had responsibilities.”
Onyango declined to answer most other questions about her relationship with the presidential
contender until after the Nov. 4 election.
“I can’t talk about it, I just pray for him, that’s all,” she told the Times, adding: “After the 4th, I can talk to anyone.”
Obama campaign spokesman Reid Cherlin confirmed to the Boston Herald yesterday that Onyango, who lives on Flaherty Way in South Boston, is Obama’s aunt on his father’s side.
The AP could not reach Onyango immediately for comment. It was unclear why her request for asylum was rejected in 2004.
It was not immediately clear how Onyango might have qualified for public housing with a standing deportation order.
Boston Housing Authority spokesman Bill McGonagle told the Herald she received a small stipend over the past year for working six hours a week as a volunteer resident health advocate in her complex.
“Auntie Zeituni” recently made a $260 campaign contribution to her nephew’s presidential bid from a work address in the city. 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.
The Obama campaign responded: “Sen. Obama has no knowledge of her status but obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws should be followed,” Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
Maybe he’s holding her around as the future head of his muslim melitia…(His planed intrnal secret police…)
intersting he only was with his father 1 month in his whole liftime and was mostly shaped by his absense.
has a brother in kenya that does not have where to live and no food a homeless.
his ant is living in america illegal and does not have a job money etc he did not know about it .
SO IF HE CAN NOT TAKE CARE OF HIS ON FAMILY RELATIVES Y DO U THING HE CAN HELP U????
Was aware of his Aunt, not aware about his Pastor J. Wright, was not aware of B. Aryes.
Wow! & now he knows all about 95% of Americans who he claims he can help?
Fake – Phoney – Fraud
Wow! This is what this world is coming to we are about to ellect a corrupt liar as President!!! It’s Insain!!
What does his aunt’s immigration status have to do with his being president? The right-wing media is getting ridiculous.
Bringing up his aunt is beyond ridiculous. His father left when he was one year old. All of the relatives referred to above, including his aunt were on his father’s side and lived in Kenya. Obama travelled to Kenya once to meet his relatives several years ago and met this aunt there then. There is zero evidence he knew she was here, that her petition for asylum was denied or that she was here illegally. On the other hand, the republican ICE knew she was here and took no move to expel her. The fact that the Carl Rove types on this board keep stooping to this level to make comments like some of those above, and keep referring to his middle name and all the silly allegations that he is a Mulsim or the next hitler, rather than debate policy positions on the actual facts says much more about the posters than Senator Obama.
The problem with Obama is he can’t run around with a telepromoter wherever he goes.
What is scary is when a guy like Obama can draw 100,000 people at different venues in a flash and the man says nothing it scares the hell out of me.
Hitler talked about “change” too and look what happened. Hitler was actually voted in legally through elections and what also scares me is how many jews voted for Hitler. many jews will vote for Obama. It’s amazing how stupid people can be when it comes to how they vote and why they vote.
So many orthodox jewish people have said over the last few days that Obama is a breath of “fresh air” and when I challenge some to come up with one thing that Obama has done for people not one person can come up with something that makes sense or something that is positive.
If you were an agent at the border and you knew nothing about Obama and you saw his resume you would throw him the hell out.
Obama resume is as follows:
1)Went to a church of Pastor Wright who spewed hate on jews, israel and America for 20 years but he knows nothing about it.
2) for AND pro abortion
3) a liberal
4) friends with Ayers – a knows terrorist
5)has voted to higher taxes many times over the last few years
6)friends with former President Carter who is another jew hater
The list can go on and on but I think you get the point.
McCain —–war hero, senator for more than 35 years,voted 80% for good things and you can look this up yourself by going to google and checking out his voting record and for the most part it really is good.
McCain associates himself with decent people and his friends are not corrupt or going to jail like many other politicans so this also says alot about his character.
McCain was also persoanlly involved with helping many jewish causes without any fanfare or anyone knowing about it and one little story which nobody knows about McCain but something I will divulge so you understand that McCain is a decent person and cares about people.
A few years ago there was a helicopter crash at the Grand Canyon and a frum person was nifter at the site in Arizona. There was alot of legal problems because the state wanted to do an autopsy and other passangers were also in a life threatening situation where they had to be flown out to hospitals and recieve great care etc.
Nothing was able to get done as fast as needed and even then there were issues.
Many askanim including Edgar Gluck from NYC got involved and were making phone calls to Washington but one person who got involved and literally spent hours and hours making sure everything would go in the direction that was needed and saved the day and his name was Senator McCain.
There are many behind the scenes stories over the years that Senator McCain got invovled with and specifically with jewish causes and nobody really knows this but the people that were there.
Obama campaign was asked last Saturday night a direct question by Zev Brenner and the question was What HAS Obama done for th jewish community aside from what will he do- BUT WHAT HAS HE DONE?
Zev Brenner asked the guy at least a few times for an answer because hte clown was not answering the question so finally the guy answered ask someone in Chicago and went on to say , ” anyone living in Chicago knows how friendly Obama is to the Jewish community.”
Isn’t that a dumb answer to tell listeners on a radio program? The clown could not even come up with one thing he has done for the jewish community.
If VIN news could get the recording from Zev Brenner and put it on here and it would get people who really think that Obama is the answer to this country to HOPEFULLY rethink their poisition. I am still trusting that some people know how to think.
This guy is such a blatant liar its absurd there is no way he didnt know about his aunt and he has blatanly lied so many times about whether we would accept campaign financing and wright etc i dont know how you can trust any of his other promises
Interesting that Cheney endorsed McCain today thats certainly will turn things around. I think if is about the same as if Cheney had taken him hunting.
I don’t believe barack didn’t know her status! She has a nephew a federal official, she probable went to him for help on her immigration problems. He is plain liar, as the last democratic president we had last (I did not have …. With that …)
yeh! but he accused agriprocessors for hiring undocumented !
Lets shut him down like they shut down rubashkin, its ok for his aunt to live here illegally but its not ok for rubashkin to employ them.
Did the aunt work for Agriprocessors? Is she being treated any differently than illegal workers found there?
Yes lets get here deported and let her take her nephew Osama with her
That guy will bring this country down
DEPORT THEM NOW
wow!! it must be his aunt because the picture looks just like him
Check out this link and you will see what a fake phony fraud the Obama group is.
Obama keeps finding out brand new things!
Tony Rezko, Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, Jim Johnson, Franklin Raines,ACORN,Rashid Khalidi,, Louis Farakahan, now it’s Aunti Zeituni Oyango!
How unaware can a cadidate be????
THIS OBAMA HAS TO BE DUMB OR STUPID OR LYING
THE SAME ANSWER ALL THE TIME!!! I DIDNT KNOW
– After sitting in church for 20 years with a ranting and raving pastor (Rev.Wright), HE DIDNT KNOW that he said G-d d-mn America
– After serving on several boards, sharing the podium several times with Bill Ayers & starting his political career in Bill Ayers home, he didnt know that he set bombs on U.S. soil & doesnt regret it to this day.
– the same with all his other associations, HE DIDNT KNOW that they were antisemites
– And now HE DIDNT KNOW that his aunt lives here in the U.S., and HE DIDNT KNOW that shes here illegal
GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!
DOES HE THINK WE ARE THAT STUPID?!?!?!?!
USE YOUR BRAIN
VOTE McCAIN!!!
Responding to questions about his intent to serve out the six year senate term, Obama says,that he will not run for the presidency in four years.Notice: The video has disappeared. Using WayBackMachine, I found two links both played empty videos a lot of stuff is being scrubbed from the web.Here is what he said in the video:I think Ive been very clear. Ah-ah-mumble-mumble, theres a presidential election in four years. Im not running for president in four years.Here is a backup story during a meeting with reporters at his Illinois campaign headquarters after his election to the U.S. Senate, he ridiculed as a silly question whether he would run for president or vice president before his term ends in 2011. Ive never worked in Washington, he said. I can unequivocally say I will not be running for national office in four years, and my entire focus is making sure that Im the best possible senator on behalf of the people of Illinois.
I heard that John Conyers, a far-left Democrat congressman, got very indignant that the info on Obama’s aunt found its way to the media, said that the leak was an abuse of privacy and a dirty political trick and the culprit(s) must be found and punished.
Funny — I DID NOT hear Rep. Conyers express the same degree of outrage (or ANY outrage, for that matter) at the way data about “Joe The Plumber’s” taxes, license status, marital/child support status and everything else negative about the guy was dredged up by officials in Ohio, where the governor and all his stooges are Democrats, and was then leaked to the media (some bozo Dem tried to defend the computer search, saying it was “routine” in cases where people are paying child support. I guess it was just a coincidence that all of these “routine” computer searches into Joe the Plumber’s background took place the day AFTER he showed Obama up and made The Messiah look like a socialist fool by asking him tough questions about his tax plan.
This is the kind of baloney we are in for over the next four years if we vote this scoundrel into the White House.