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Obama's aunt living illegally in America.

Article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) Article date: November 02, 2008

BARACK OBAMA'S poverty stricken aunt from Kenya has been found living as an illegal immigrant in Boston.

Mr Obama, heavily favoured to win Tuesday's election and become America's first black president, said last night that he had no idea that his aunt, Zeituni Onyango, was even in the country.

But records unearthed by the Associated Press news agency show she has been living illegally in the US for at least four years, after her formal request for asylum was turned down in 2004.

Normally she would have been deported immediately but her case appears to have been lost ...

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Obama: No Exception for Illegal Aunt

Posted Nov 3, 08 4:23 AM CST in Crime & Courts,  Politics 

Obama: No Exception for Illegal Aunt
Source: AP Photo/Elise Amendola

(Newser) – If his aunt is violating immigration laws by living in the US illegally, "those laws have to be obeyed," Barack Obama declared yesterday. Obama made the remark during an interview last night with Katie Couric, during which he also expressed concern for his aunt Zeituni Onyango of Kenya, but said he hasn’t “been able to be in touch with her.”

The federal government is investigating whether any laws were broken in the leaking of information last week that Onyango has been living illegally in the US since 2004, when her application for political asylum from Kenya was rejected. One of the two sources who leaked and confirmed Onyago’s status is a federal law enforcement agent. It's still unclear whether the GOP played any role in release of the information.

Source: Boston Globe

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • illegal immigration • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • Zeituni Onyango

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