Deportation Wheels Turn Slowly

[Terry]

Court to rule on deporting Obama's aunt by May
Feb 4, 05:14 PM EST

BOSTON (Reuters) - Authorities will decide by May at the latest whether to deport an aunt of President Barack Obama to her Kenyan homeland, the Justice Department said after a hearing in her case on Thursday.

Zeituni Onyango, 57, a half-sister to Obama's father whom Obama called "Auntie Zeituni" in his memoir "Dreams from My Father," moved to the United States in 2000 and applied for asylum in 2002, citing violence in Kenya.

That request was denied but she has continued to contest her deportation. At Thursday's hearing a judge gave Onyango and the government 30 days to file closing arguments.

Onyango, who was found living in a housing project here in 2008, came to the U.S. in 2000 and was ordered out in 2004 after an asylum request was rejected, but she did not leave.


Department of Justice spokeswoman Lauren Alder Reid said another hearing was set for May 25 if the judge had not made a decision before then.

[illinoismel]

Looks pretty well dressed to me and the glasses just set it off. Oh, I see a cane in the right hand that has well manicured nails. My question is, what has she been living on all this time? She is in public housing which means she has to be basically poverty level (or so they say). Has she been working at all? If so, then why has she not been shipped off and the employer taken to task? What a crock on the whole immigration policy.

[pcmoore28]

Before he was elected, she was living in government housing. I guess after you get Uncle Sam to pay for your housing, food stamps and medicaid, you can afford to pay for manicures and hair styling. This really takes the cake....she is here illegally and should be shipped back to Kenya. Illegal entry into our country is not allowed....all illegals need to be deported. Our country cannot afford them.

[illinoismel]

I want to know where she is getting her money! Is that too much to ask? People in Kenya are poor and we are pumping aid into that country. Where the hell is she getting her money to live here?

[pcmoore28]

US Treasury and under the table work, that is a wild guess. I wonder if she also has a social security number and is collecting social security (you can start collecting at 62) or claim to be disabled ....it happens more than you know and illegals have caught on to this gimmick.

I don't care that she is Obama's relative; she needs to be deported or he needs to sponsor her and end this misery for her. I don'' know why you would let your aunt be embarassed like this....he must have some kind of relationship with her...she attended his inauguration. Is family important to the President?

[retiredarmy]

She is illegally here and has been for quite some time with authorization of the US Government. If they didn't condone it they would have deported her long ago. She is nothing more than another that feeds off of law abiding, tax paying citizens. Where does the black caucus stand on this?

Also another tidbit that came to mind today on the news. They said that there were 11 + million illegals here in 2008 and now there has been a decline to 10 + million. If they know how many there are they must know where they are! If so why aren't they imposing the laws that apply to "illegal" immigration and deport them all (I'll still volunteer for free to drive a bus to send them back)? I'm tired of supporting "illegal" aliens and any others that do not abide by the laws that apply to this country that the rest of us must abide by!