Does anyone think that the beltway powerhouses didn’t extend their tenacles into this immigration case? Obama’s “Auntie Zeituni”, who ignored deportation orders since 2004, gets a pass. Why? Judge ain’t sayin’…..
President Obama’s “Auntie Zeituni”, who was discovered by The Times living illegally in Boston, was granted asylum in America yesterday in a controversial decision that will fuel the already charged debate on illegal immigrants.
A judge ruled that Zeituni Onyango, 57, the Kenyan half-sister of President Obama’s late father, would be allowed to stay in the country despite ignoring a 2004 deportation order.
Ms Onyango received the notification by mail three months after she turned up in a wheelchair to testify before an immigration judge at a closed-door hearing in Boston. The rationale for the judge’s decision was not made public.
“Auntie” made her bid using asylum… based on “violence in her native Kenya”. Yeah…. Funny about that stuff. Find a place that doesn’t have violence these days. And on the ladder of violence, Kenya’s bloodshed barely registers on the media meter when contrasted with other countries. But Auntie now can apply for a green card, conferring permanent residency after one year. And that, folks, is a demonstration on how to cut the line in the immigration system…. courtesy of the family of the President of the United States.
Auntie, BTW, is a welfare citizen of the state of Massachussetts. So how are those family ties going with Mr. Compassionate for the Downtrodden? You know, the one occupying the oval office? What about the responsibilities of family?
Ms Onyango has tried to keep her distance from her famous relative in case she damages his presidency. “Right now, with this controversy, I don’t want to disturb him because he’s got a big job to do,” she told WKYC TV.
A frail woman, Ms Onyango says that she is learning to walk again after being paralysed by an auto-immune disorder known as Guillain-Barré syndrome. In 2008, she served as a volunteer resident health advocate for the Boston Housing Authority, earning a small stipend for six hours of work a week. But it is unclear who has paid for her medical treatment in the US.
Well, that must please the POTUS immensely… she lays low to protect him. But we sure know who paid her medical bills. She’s in Massachussetts, and on Romney’care.
Yet this pompous POTUS raked in $5.5 mil last year. Where’s that Christian spirit, guy? With all those rooms in the WH, and all that money, what is Obama doing? Leaving her on the state system, of course. Worse yet, when Obama was on the campaign trail, he avered he had no knowledge of her immigration status, but for some reason their campaign kept returning her donations because… wait for it… they can’t take political donations from foreigners. WTF? You don’t know her “legal” status, but you know not to take her donations?
And oh, BTW… if you’re a welfare state denizen, just who’s cash was she passing on to Obama’s campaign??? uhh…. lemme think…… don’t help…..
But wait.. this get’s better. The big zero has an Uncle who is MIA in the states, too.
Also unknown is what became of her brother, Mr Obama’s half-uncle, Obama Onyango. A partner in a convenience store, “Uncle Omar” also lived in Boston until at least 2000 when he was evicted. Friends told The Times that he did not wish to be contacted.
sigh…
One thing for sure. It must be a relief for the big Zero not to have Auntie as a financial albatross around their halo. The burning question *should* be asked by the lackadaisical WH Press Corps (that’s “corpse” for you O’faithful….) =- if she’s not a fiscal liability, should she be a serious liability in light of the heated immigration debate currently raging?
In the meantime, aren’t you glad you’re not a “relative” of Obama? Between his Aunt, an MIA uncle, and a brother in a shack, it’s obvious that being out of favor with “da won” is really a bitch…..
Vietnam era Navy wife, indy/conservative, and an official California escapee now residing as a red speck in the sea of Oregon blue.
Cute turn, asylum. I’m sure nobody in the system felt any pressure and used this turn as an excuse. Man, it is like the Monty Python “wink, wink, nudge nudge” skit with these guys every day.
[Mata Musing:… I will *always* do a courtesy embed of Monty Python… because laughter *still* is the best medicine!]
How come Americans aren’t responsible for their relative immigrants illegal or legal. Your relatives are your relatives, you bring them here, they are on your tab. Let tight arse Obama take care of the welfare and medical expenses of his aunt: why do the rest of us need to pick up the tab on his dead beat relatives? How many more will he bring over for us to take care of?
@Skook, As I recall the Pretender has a half brother, George Obama, in Kenya that survives on a pittance, resides in a mud hut and could certainly stand a stay in the Lincoln bedroom when it is not rented out for fund raising purposes. Or perhaps his elder Bro Malik could join them at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as well. The White House has 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. I’m sure that there is plenty of space. The Obama’s throw great parties so the more the merrier, I reckon.
My house back home has only three bedrooms but the bunkhouse can sleep about 30 easily.
I smell a RAT!
Asylum for the auntie means the grandmother, still in Kenya, will need to immigrate, too. And, how about the hut-living half-brother of Obama; he’ll need asylum as well. Hell, bring over all of the Obama’s family and all. NOT.
What about the fact that auntie broke the law? No punishment. Nice example. But what the heck, Obama’s NOT really a legitimate president either. But he won’t find it as easy to cheat the law; or Constitution.
It seems to me that through Kagan, his appointee without any experience whatsoever, and his lawless auntie, Obama is trying to justify himself. ???
http://politickamerica.com/?p=38
@Old Trooper:
I was wondering about ol’ “Twelve Bucks a Year” George myself. Auntie’s gonna get amnesty eh? What about all the others?
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OT, If I remember correctly, George has incorporated some sheet metal into his home without a significant increase in property taxes. Obama made 5 million by having other people write his autobiographies; maybe he should consider letting someone else take over the reins of government so that he can devote himself to parties, hoops, and golf. It could be a win win situation, after all, letting someone else write his books is the only success he has managed to pull off.
I doubt if his relatives had their choice they would choose a ranch in Big Sky Country over DC; unless you have boom boxes with big speakers.
Probably the reason Obama is bringing over his family is to have family members sponsor him in case he gets in trouble with immigration.
I am on an Island and service comes and goes, it’s not the tide, much quicker variation.
“The White House has 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence.”
Bring Em All. Why not. Auntie Z got asylum on her 4th try. Run them through Court in a week or so and give them Federal Jobs, Citizenship and then they can help him move back to Chicago or Kenya in 2012. This can all be handled through several Federal Judge appointments.
No special preference just the Chicago way.
@Skook, they would not like my place. There is actual work to be done and we only speak English there. No Islamic Holidays celebrated or special diet considerations. I doubt if any of them can ride a cutting horse or rope a damn thing either.
However, although the hours are long, the grub is good and the company can’t be beat. The smell of the wind through the tall grass, blooming sage and a night sky that goes on forever is pretty grand by a campfire at night with coffee and a cigar. No golf played there or any basketball unless you go to town to a local schoolyard.
No Boom Boxes there either. No welfare checks, Food Stamps or free anything. They wouldn’t like Big Sky Country one bit but it is a piece of heaven compared to the land or rocks, sand and taliban. 09:12 Hrs here and I have a few chores to attend to. We have a food and fuel convoy inbound and my own little tent city that grows daily. Diesel, JP 5 for aviation, MREs, dehydrated rations and bottled water by the truckload. Nothing but the best! The rat killing will begin again soon.
Take Care Pardner!
It sounds about as close to Heaven as you get on this earth, you keep thinking those pleasant thoughts, this is your last war my friend, you’ve already served your time in Hell.
We used to play a game to see who would get the oldest Crats. I got one from 1942, and it was 1967, it tasted a little better than the newer ones. I opened the white bread can and I had a black biscuit, I didn’t eat it, those were the days. I’ll have a story in a few days about a couple of hunters I had to adopt who were trying to live on dehydrated stuff, I think it can bind up your bowels if you don’t drink plenty of water, the food not the story.
You have a crew here who is thinking of you all the time and waging our own limited warfare for the country and your honor. I still think it was an honor to eat the same food as our brave warriors did during WWII. Take care of yourself and your men, they must consider it an honor to serve under you.
To victory and better days!
Don’t you all realize by now that fairness, justice, and ‘The Rule of Law’ does not apply where Democrats, their wants, and their royal families are concerned. Oh sure, they will on rare occasion throw a totally stupid out-of-favor fellow to the wolves.
Yet in matters of obvious corruption, we are still told “Nothing to see here. Move along”
The good news is that she can now give up her job and pursue being an artist because she’ll have free health care.
Sadly, the fact Obama distanced himself from his African family is a bit disturbing. He did it to promote himself over their welfare which is a sign of lack of character. Had he embraced her and brought her to the White House, especially now after the immigration issued has been “cleared” I would have had more respect for him. Family first is always a good motto. As far as the rest of his crew in Kenya, it could be argued they are in somewhat of a pickle. Imagine an opposition group kidnapping his grandmother. So there is an issue here- outside the obvious politics.
The fact he hasn’t reached out shows me he has no soul, a dangerous liability in a man who rules with so much power and influence over you and I.
Think of Henry the VIII and his perception of his loyalty to his wives and their fates.
This personality is not new, not good, and certainly not something we should desire in a leader.
He will sell us down the river in a heartbeat. Thinking anything different is dangerous. Ask yourself if you don’t feel a little more vulnerable to terror attacks since he took over. I fear he is more than willing to allow another major blow if it gives him an excuse to tighten his grip over our lives.
Just like my book. Next is your Internet, then your airwaves. Control the message, control the population. Control their fears, control their lives. Old formula and a very effective one.
While watching the Fox25 news out of Boston this morning (www.myfoxboston.com) it was nice to see that Auntie was wheeled in to the courthouse in a wheelchair but then a “healing” occured and she walked out of the courthouse under her own power.
I think i’ll take a trip out there today and see what thy can do for my arthitis.
Mata, I am in disagreement with you for the first time ever. If Auntie moves into the WH, she would still be living on the taxpayer’s dime. The Zero’s house in Chicago is another story. She should be dropped off there, and any bills she racks up, medical or otherwise, should be put on the Zero’s personal tab.
The rationale for the judge’s decision was not made public.
This is the most irritating thing about this news. Maybe there are occasions when the content of a judicial decision should be secret (matters of national security), though the bar for that should surely be set pretty high. But in general, shouldn’t a judge’s ruling be a matter of public record?
I like musings contribution that she became ‘healed’ during the courtroom session. Mabe Obama should take the economy to the court house to see about a ‘healing’ it can’t be worse than anything else he’s done so far.
Is this what the Media was talking about during the campaign when they promoted him as the great unifier, the ability to unify his deadbeat relatives so that they can come here and be on welfare. What an immigration policy we have. We bring over people who will do the jobs Americans wont do and a whole bunch of Democrat voters or welfare cases.
Still consistent dem policy with bringing in folks to this country who have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO OFFER, but take a lot from us.
I hope the good people of Massachusetts send Auntie to Salem for a bon fire.
My hometown just had 5000 Somali’s dumped here by Catholic Charities, all receiving Section 8 housing vouchers and general assistance/food stamps. 1000 kids dumped onto the taxpayers in our public school system.
Gosh darn, Flyover… ruined a perfect record, did I? 😉 I do know that the POTUS is given an expense account, but that looks like it’s for official State functions. According to that information, personal expenses (they used donuts in the WH living quarters as an example) is supposedly paid for by the first family’s personal income.
However everything over any allowable living expense account for personal use (if he has one at all) is out of his own bulging pockets. (i.e. dry cleaning) I tried to get the latest details on that expensing, and this was the quickest link I dug up with that info. I haven’t followed the links extensively, and they sorta miss the mark of what I wanted to know. But I’d say if they did have a living household expense account, they would eat more luxuriously with Auntie not sucking up some of the money for a family of five instead of six (they already have the mother in law there…).
But I’m not sure that it would affect the taxpayers one way or another since – if an expense account is already applied – it wouldn’t make an iota of difference. It would just be spread more thin with her presence.
INRE medical… well, considering she’s already a drain on the MA Romney’care, and that Obama/Pelosi/Reid passed O’healthcare, the medical is a moot point, yes?
@imjustmusing…. 😆 I guess the courtrooms are the new hotspot for revivals!
Update for you, Flyover…. caught a blog reference to a Jan 2009 NatGeo article on the inside workings of the White House. On the third page of the six page online article, it says that the President is billed for all food consumed by the first family and personal guests. So no personal food budget, save for State affairs.
archer52: “Imagine an opposition group kidnapping his grandmother. So there is an issue here- outside the obvious politics.”
I figured she’d be granted asylum for that reason alone. If she were deported, she would immediately become a totally obvious hostage target. Setting up any U.S. president for a situation like that would be idiotic.
Of course it’s preferential treatment. An old lady from Kenya lucked out.
Greg and Archer… the US does not negotiate with terrorists and/or kidnappers. But then, if you want to extend that concept of guarding and safety of all the presidential extended family, you’d have to round them all up and bring there here, or give them all security. That’s simply not the way it goes.
Obama’s half brother still resides in Kenya, and no one’s snatched him up for ransom yet. And just why would Auntie be treated differently than Obama’s brother in Kenya as far as being a hostile environment? Sure doesn’t sound like she’s a political activist they would focus on.
“And just why would Auntie be treated differently than Obama’s brother in Kenya as far as being a hostile environment?”
Obama hardly knows his family on his father’s side. There’s safety in his apparent indifference. The aunt is perceived differently, and her profile has been high for a while now:
While Auntie’s food may not be free, (given Obama’s past treatment of Kenyan family he might simply allow her to eat her fill of the leftovers,) There is still the matter of boarding costs. She will not be paying rent, or a utilities charge, or for housekeeping services. The taxpayers underwrite these costs.
ditto, I’m not following. The taxpayer is paying the rent, housekeeping etal on the 132 room White House structure whether or not any of those bedrooms are occupied. By contrast, the taxpayer is paying a second time for Auntie’s current digs.
It stands to reason that her getting off the taxpayer Section 8 costs, plus any welfare services/bennies she gets, and into the WH (which costs the taxpayer anyway) is a savings.
Either way we are paying. It’s just that with her living in the White House, the taxpayers are housing this scoff-law in the most prestigious and opulent government housing in America.
@Greg: I believe Obama’s “apparent indifference” to his Kenyan relatives has to do with protecting Malia and Sasha. Half-brother George’s libertine lifestyle mimics a scene right out of “Cry, The Beloved Country.” The genocidal cousin politician is another model failure. Then there are the cultural differences. Remember the African man who offered Hillary a number of goats for Chelsea? I don’t think Michelle wants to field any of those kinds of offers for her daughters.