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Obama's Aunt Makes Second Plea for Asylum

Kenyan immigrant was ordered deported in 2004, but stayed

By the Associated Press

Posted Feb 4, 2010 8:47 AM CST

(AP) – President Obama's Kenyan aunt is going before a Massachusetts immigration judge today for a second time to argue she should be allowed to stay in the US. Kenya native Zeituni Onyango is making her case this morning in US Immigration Court in Boston on medical grounds. She moved to the United States in 2000, but her first asylum request was rejected and she was ordered deported in 2004.

Onyango ignored the ruling and continued to live in public housing in Boston. Her status as an illegal immigrant was revealed just days before Obama was elected. Obama says he didn't know his aunt was living in the country illegally, and that laws covering the situation should be followed. A judge agreed to reopen the asylum case.

President Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango.
President Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango.   (AP Photo)
President Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, poses in her home in Boston.
President Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, poses in her home in Boston.   (AP Photo)
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WiteOut
Feb 4, 2010 10:43 AM CST
In this case is 1776 a racist, or just in general? I fail to see the racist remark in his post.
CHRiSTFELD
Feb 4, 2010 9:20 AM CST
So much typing, so little to show for it.
hybrid
Feb 4, 2010 7:13 AM CST
she is, she gets another hearing when she is already supposed to be gone.

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