Obama aunt gets (yet another) immigration hearing

[Ban Hammer 13,345]

If there is any example of when nepotism is tolerable (and if it is even applied here)...this would be the case.

Why so?

She's harmless.

apparently the rule of law doesn't apply here, eh?

What rule of law, Charles? Are you saying that Judges never show leniency or that mitigating circumstances don't effect the the final judgment? I seriously wonder what planet some of you are from.

apparently you didn't read the op..........

Zeituni Onyango, 56, the half-sister of Obama’s late father, was ordered to leave the country back in 2004, but she never left. Instead, she remained here illegally and made a quiet life for herself in two different South Boston housing projects while her nephew rose to national prominence.

what rule of law indeed

[one...two...tree 2,762]

In 2002, Onyango, a native of Kenya, sought political asylum in the United States citing violence: Kenya and East Africa have seen an escalation in violence in the 2000s.^[5][6] Her case was denied in 2004 but she remained in South Boston, Massachusetts, and has since retained legal representation.^[5] In violation of the policies of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) her case was leaked in the final days of the 2008 U.S. presidential election in which Obama was the Democratic candidate.^[7] Her case became the subject of international media attention highlighting "the hot-button topic of illegal immigration into a race that has largely avoided it" and the contradictory rules governing public housing in Massachusetts.^[8][7] It also sparked an investigation by the DHS as to how her case was leaked and added heightened administrative review on asylum deportations until after the 2008 general election.^[8][7] As the presidential transition of Obama progresses, Onyango's case is often cited in light of immigration reform efforts.^[9]

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Onyango came again to America on temporary visa in 2000 along with a son who had been accepted at a college in Boston.^[16] Commercial databases show she received a Social Security card in 2001 indicating she was legally present in the country at that time.^[6] Since 2003 she has been living in a South Boston public housing project, according to Boston Public Housing Authority (BHA) officials.^[17] William McGonigle, deputy director of the Authority, noted Onyango did a good job as a public health advocate on behalf of the Boston Housing Authority.^[17][18] She also works as a volunteer computer systems co-ordinator for the Experience Corps, a program in which adults over 55 mentor children in their communities.^[1]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeituni_Onyango

[one...two...tree 2,762]

INA 237(a)(1)© makes deportable any alien who is present in the United States in violation of law. Only aliens who are in a currently valid nonimmigrant status, or who are lawful permanent residents, are clearly not deportable under this section. Those who are out of status and have no applications pending are clearly deportable under this section. But there is a large gray area for those who have pending applications for adjustment of status but no nonimmigrant status; and for those who have timely filed applications for extension or change of status pending and whose prior status has expired. It is unclear whether such aliens are present in the United States in violation of law and thus deportable under INA 237(a)(1)© based on a plain reading of the Act.

http://www.ilw.com/articles/2009,0120-rizzo.shtm

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

You showed them bro Fancypantalones

[peejay 327]

You showed them bro Fancypantalones

That freeloaders and scofflaws have a cheerleading fanclub? Nothing new there. SNAFU

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Kick her a$$ out.

[mendeleev 68]

If she had a well-founded fear of persecution, it would be illegal for the US to deport her (although they have done it thousands of times to other people, who have sometimes next turned up dead). Seems to me it is possible that people on this board may not be adequately aware of her true legal situation ...

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

You showed them bro Fancypantalones

That freeloaders and scofflaws have a cheerleading fanclub? Nothing new there. SNAFU

we are both biased, and since we are using acronyms, STFU

Edited January 30, 2009 by TävôLuDô

[justashooter 430]

If there is any example of when nepotism is tolerable (and if it is even applied here)...this would be the case.

Why so?

She's harmless.

she is not harmless. she has been living on my back for years.

public housing is only free for the people living in it. those of us not living in it foot the bill.

you wanna assume the continued cost of her total federal benefits which she is illegally scamming from the US govt (me)?

every penny she has taken in benefit is gain from criminal enterprise. i say charge her under the RICO statutes.

[almaty 19]

If there is any example of when nepotism is tolerable (and if it is even applied here)...this would be the case.

Why so?

She's harmless.

she is not harmless. she has been living on my back for years.

public housing is only free for the people living in it. those of us not living in it foot the bill.

you wanna assume the continued cost of her total federal benefits which she is illegally scamming from the US govt (me)?

every penny she has taken in benefit is gain from criminal enterprise. i say charge her under the RICO statutes.

oh yeah, only you, you self-centered chop..no one else..

[peejay 327]

You showed them bro Fancypantalones

That freeloaders and scofflaws have a cheerleading fanclub? Nothing new there. SNAFU

we are both biased, and since we are using acronyms, STFU

In that case...KMA.