Judge allows Obama's aunt to stay in US until at least Feb. 2010
By Maria Sacchetti Globe Staff
Zeituni Onyango, the Kenyan aunt of President Obama, emerged this morning after a brief, closed-door hearing in US Immigration Court in Boston and smiled broadly.
"Praise God," Onyango said softly, holding her head high as she was surrounded by a throng of men in suits.
Judge Leonard I. Shapiro continued Onyango's case until Feb. 4, 2010, which allowed her to stay in the United States until at least that date, according to Fatimah Mateen, a spokesperson for the court. At the initial appearance, the judge explained the deportation charges against Onyango and detailed her rights. Mateen briefed reporters in the lobby of the courtroom, standing beneath a framed photograph of Onyango's nephew, President Obama.
"Ms. Onyango's case is being treated just like any other case before an immigration judge," Mateen said.
Onyango plans to apply for permanent residency in the United States, according to Mike Rogers, a spokesman for Onyango's lawyers, whose legal strategy remains unclear.
"The decision as to Ms. Onyango's request to stay permanently in the United States will be made during a second hearing," Rogers said.
A security detail hurried her past photographers and a throng of reporters, whisking her in and out of the court without using the public entrances to federal building next to City Hall. Onyango wore a curly, rust-colored wig in what may have been an effort to hide from the media. She also walked with a cane, a consequence of back problems.
The hearing, which was closed at Onyango's request, lasted less than 15 minutes and took place in a small, boxy courtroom with a red rug and nine benches. The third-floor room overlooks City Hall Plaza, where a white circus tent was visible below.
Lawyers for Onyango said yesterday that they planned to present new evidence seeking to reverse a 2004 deportation order and allow her to stay in the United States. The lawyers would not discuss their strategy, such as whether they would focus on her health problems, political unrest in Kenya, or another issue.The former computer programmer, whom the president called Auntie Zeituni in one of his books, is battling a neurological condition in addition to her back problems.
The half-sister of Obama's late father had applied for asylum in the past but lost. Since then, she has been living illegally in the United States, most recently in a South Boston public housing development.
Asylum seekers must show that they fear persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a social group.
Onyango's immigration status came to light shortly before the presidential election last year, and she left Boston for Cleveland temporarily to stay with relatives. She had arrived in the United States in 2000 seeking a better life and later applied for asylum.
In 2003, a judge ordered her to leave the country, but she stayed. Later that year, she tried to stay again. But she lost the appeal, and an immigration judge ordered her deported in October 2004.
Instead, Onyango remained in Boston and lived in state and federal public housing. Critics have denounced her for defying deportation and for living in public housing while scores of families are on waiting lists.
Her lawyers successfully argued to reopen her case in December.
The case is widely seen as a test for Obama on immigration enforcement. The president, who said he had been unaware of her immigration problems, has vowed to stay out of the case.
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What a joke. She has a deportation order and she's living off of the gov't teat. No wonder she doesn't want to leave.
Obama stayed out of the case huh?
Two other hearings she was ordered deported....this time all of a sudden the rules changed?
How stupid is this country????? If it was you or me we would have been deported back in 2004, never mind she should have been escorted onto an airplane "yesterday". Just because she is Obama's Aunt does not exclude her from the laws of the U.S. And I would like to know how she was living in housing? I am a young widow & I can barely feed myself, & I make about $5.00 too much to get any help because I am from this country. WE NEED TO SMARTEN UP & STOP LETTING PEOPLE INTO OUR COUNTRY!!!!!!!
I am sure that Judge Shapiro will soon get the next open Supreme Court position.
DEPORT HER ALREADY! I am sick of paying for her to live in subsidized housing as an illegal immigrant
I'm furious!
Obama's Illegal Aunt Allowed to stay until at LEAST Feb. 2010.
This woman, who has been in MY country illegal since 2004, has free housing, free food, free medical, free legal representation! Only it's not really free, we pay. You and Me!
I wish I could do something illegal and out in the open for six years without penalty.
Are we supposed to believe she isn't getting special treatment?
Obama should have retroactively pay for her housing back to October 2004.
What a joke! US Immigration laws need to be enforced or what is the point of having them. No mention of her taxpayer subsidized housing here either.
Despicable. So much for Obama's immigration enforcement. My friend and her 3 year old were deported because of a missed deadline and they weren't living in public housing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feb of 2010...now thats what I call due process.
Why do we have laws if they're not enforced?
Should we all just disobey what the judge orders? Must be nice.
I guess we don't have to pay taxes either.
So Obama vows to stay out of her case but somhow this lawbreaking criminal receives an escort by a "throng of men in suits"? She is whisked in through a non-public entrance?
Yep, I guess this case is being handled like any other immagration case (rollseyes).
Of course she is being treated like anyone else. Yeah right, she has been a crook sneaking into our country, living in our housing, and collecting welfare. Kick her out, no special treatment. Kick all illegals out.
Give me a BREAK! And who is going to support her and pay for her health care costs while she is here? US citizens are unemployeed and homeless and don't get the same consideration. This is just wrong.
Where is my comment Maria? Do you only post comments that praise this story?
Is the judge looking for a new job in DC ?
Sure, let her stay, by 2010 everybody forgot about it. How about other millions of immigrants, from around the world who get kicked right away, also in an open court room. Why she was in a closed court room?
Law need to be uniform and for all, not with privileges.
Is she still living on the taxpayer's teat? Or is her nephew at least paying for her support? What possible benefit does this elderly woman with no visible means of support provide to American citizens? We are constantly told that we "need" massive numbers of Third World immigrants. What exactly do we get from Auntie Z being here? If she is allowed to stay it is because of our charity sufferance and no other reason.
I'm sure the comments on this story won't be crazy at all...
I think that in all fairness and because of the fact that she has ignored previous court orders. She should be deported and re-apply from her home land.
Is this simply a failure of the Mass immigration system...she was ordered deported in 2003.
So since then what has she cost the tax payers?
Oh - or does she pay for her expenses with a JOB!?
such BS! another case of jaded judgement and who you know! typical. I could see this if she were not doing what she wanted all these years... she is disgraceful no matter how ladylike or frail she portrays. I'd be a wreck if I were doing something illegal. This world is never what it appears to be... it's a crap shoot. How is that the ones trying to live right still find themselves in a quandry? What we need is honesty and integrity with a boat load of common sense and decency. Another one of our citizens may have been homeless all these years....
Why is this case being continued??? She lost two appeals and was ordered to leave 5 years ago. She should be gone! But, since Obama is president now and her nephew, come Feb. 2010 there is no chance she will be deported. She will be given the pass to stay here permanently and continue to live off our tax dollars!
Great! I suppose all of the public assistance she receives qualifies as "stimulus"? The least Obama could do is take her in and support her. He is a very wealthy man.
It will be years before Aunt Z will be deported, if ever. Right now, with the help of a good lawyer and an immigration friendly judge, Aunt Z will be battling the courts for a long time. First it's the local court, then the state court, then the federal court, and then the Supreme Court. Like many illegal imimigrants, she fell through the cracks created by the system and is entitled to benefits as MA is very giving (unlike, say, Texas). Right now her lawyer used the excuse that there is a crisis in her country so he appealed the deportation decision. No matter what the public outrage, this is the imperfect system that we have created and it's being taken advantage of
So She's been ordered not once, but twice to leave the country....And this was 5 years ago.....WHY IS SHE STILL HERE?
Gee, I'm so surprised by this.
surprised tthere arent comments from the right wing peanut gallery as yet....
This is a shame. This woman clearly does not have a valid asylum case, otherwise she would have been granted a visa on the spot. The judge just passed the buck onto Immigration and Customs Services, which Obama has more control over than the courts. The illegal alien aunt will also have been here for 6 years continuously by 2010 and can apply for citizenship. This is all a sham. She is not eligible for citizenship, since it's been proven by the fact she is living in public housing that she does not have the required and necessary means of support to even be an immigrant.
I'm really upset about this privileged illegal alien. This is clearly Presidential Nepotism.
It seems that the Globe has decided to use the past tense to report what should be the present tense. Onyango, continues to live in public housing in Boston. Also, why is there no mention of the taxpayer dollars being used to pay for her to be taken from court under federal protection?
What a crock, the women is here illegally, had been ordered to leave, stays anyway, fraudulently obtains fed/state/city subsidized housing displacing another legal citizen from housing. Now the judge let's her stay another year and we are still paying, along with her medical costs most likely.
Will anyone have the stones to deport the President's auntie, what do you think? But we know the president is smart enough to not get involved in this, but being the president involves him by familial tie anyway.
Send her back to where she came from
"The half-sister of Obama's late father had applied for asylum in the past but lost. Since then, she has been living illegally in the United States, most recently in a South Boston public housing development"
-In 2003, a judge ordered her to leave the country, but she stayed.
- an immigration judge ordered her deported in October 2004
But we have no problem with this? So now we pick and choose which laws are important do we? I think I'll go grow some weed now.
Being a distant relative does give you perks. More OB breaking the rules to fit himself. Don't believe for a moment that OB didn't have anything to do with this decision. Why have rules when you can break them?
If this were a Bush relative, the democrats would have dragged her to the airport.
A joke. Keep her here until a new amnesty can pass congress. The woman was ordered to leave 5 years ago. Is this what we can expect from Obama's immigration reform?
Did you actually think they were going to deport her? It's all politics! As my pregnant daughter and grandson are about to go in a homeless shelter due to the fact that we dont have those political connections! Now I remember why I moved out of Massachusetts! Everything is based on "who you know or who you are related to". This woman comes here illegally and moves straight to the top of the list and gets public housing while a born american is being forced into a homeless shelter for god knows how long before they will give her public housing...~ Go Figure!
Wow. That judge doesn't want to be removed from his post I guess.
Sad that politics is getting in the way of an important issue: we don't know who these people are or where they come from but they're allowed to stay in our taxpayer-funded housing developments. Must...be...NICE. Wish my state that I've lived in all my life took care of ME that well.
How is she able to live in public housing if she is not a citizen?
Praise the lord.This word reminds americans that God greated earth for all mankind.We are citizen of God.This lady needs to be assisted in a more compassionate american way.She came in this country legally and she has tried to follow what others do-seek residence.Please, please americans leave Zaituni onyango alone.She deserves better than this.She has no criminal record.
Living here illegally and living in federal public housing. I guess it help to have family in high positions.
So.....she gets to go back to her free apartment for another year on our tax dollars? Hmmmmmm......
Of course she is allowed to stay, ths government doesn't have a backbone at all. If someone wants to come to this country there are ways to do it and she is an ILLEGAL immigrant which means she should be sent back to where she is actually from. I like all of the special attention surrounding her, I'm sorry but she isn't being treated like "everyone else" when she is being lead in through different enterances. Obama should take a stand and say "I'm sorry Auntie but we have to send you home now" she is breaking the law and the law needs to be upheld.
what is good for 1 administration to deport her, is not good for the current administration. she should have been deported as per the 1st order. once again the u.s.government can't enforce its own laws.
should have seen this outcome coming. biased,biased,biased
she defyed a Judges legal decision and obviously lies to public workers she should be deported based on what she did . Not kept here because of her relation to Obama.
ya...whatever....she'll end up staying, we'll end up paying....oh wait, we already are, subsidized housing.. walking with a cane in a wig?.....way to play up to the judge honey...what a disgust!...dragging this out longer and longer
America is not a lawless country. Everyone on her soil is given the right to due process. The auntie is no exception.
If she is allow to stay, then everybody else should stay until Feb 2010. I see special treatment here
What a surpirse! This woman is living off of tax payers money, and gets to break the law!! Now, that is what I call justice...
One has to wonder if she were just another Kenyan here illegally, what would have happened? At least she has a well-heeled relative here already to sponsor her (which at least used to be a requirement). But I would not hold my breath.
Ok so lets drag this on even longer then needed and let her live off the taxpayers dollar for another year until her next hearing.... I am so sick of all these deportation hearings if they do not belong here just get rid of them... they are in fear of going back to there countries... well the rest of us Americans who were born here in this country are in fear of all our lives because pretty soon there will nothing left for us as it will be given away to every alien in our wonderful country we live in...
I FIND THIS OUTRAGEOUS! MY 36 YEAR OLD SON WHO IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN BORN IN THE USA, WHO SUFFERS WITH SEVERE HEART FAILURE
SURVIVING WITH A HEART PUMP, WHO HAS A RARE NEUROLOGICAL
GENETIC DISEASE THAT IS VERY DISABLING IS FIGHTING TO GET MEDICARE INSURANCE IN ORDER TO GO TO NEW YORK FOR A POSSIBLE
HEART TRANSPLANT. THIS ILLEGAL IS LIVING HERE GETTING FULL BENEFITS INCLUDING ADDRESSING HER HEALTH ISSUES. HE HAS BEEN DENIED AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN APPEAL PROCESS.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE.
I AM A WORKING TAX PAYING CITIZEN WHO HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO GET THE MUCH NEEDED HELP FOR A VERY SICK YOUNG MAN WHO WILL DIE WITHOUT THIS TRANSPLANT.
SHOULD I DIRECT MY APPEAL TO OBAMA?
I AM SIMILARLY UNDERGOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS OF PARMANENTLY STAYING IN THIS COUNTRY.I HAVE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY FOR 20 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE A GOOD LIFE FOR ME AND MY NEW FAMILY,. IAM OF THE OPINION THAT OBAMAS AUNTIE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THE SAME.- AS LONG AS NECESSARY STEPS ARE TAKEN TO MAKE SHORE THAT NO LAWS ARE VIOLATED. IAM PRESENTLY AN ATTORNEY IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AND HAVE THREE CHILDREN THAT ATTEN D PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN BATON ROROUGE .LOUISIANA
Why are the taxpayers funding Obama's aunt when he made over 2 million dollars last year. What a greedy selfish man. Reach into your wallet and help out a family member instead of expecting the taxpayers to take care of your family you cheapskate.
"Being treated just like any other case?? Hogwash!!!
She has violated an order to leave this country...she should be kicked out immediately!!
Ok, after reading this...I was so angry and disguested. And then I realized,.. my anger is useless and I honestly feel like giving up... guess the bleeding heart liberals win. . Someone please explain to me how someone here illegally since 2000 that has been ordered by two judges to be deported is still here? This is totally mind blowing and a crime. Who could have possibly passed law that allows judges to permit this? Why do we even have laws? I can't even park my car for more than 2 minutes over a limit at a Boston meter before I get a $25 ticket, yet this still happens in our country, and If I don't pay, I get my license revoked. Amazing.
It's such a shame. As my father and grandfather warmed me.. the country they once knew (and fought in wars for)...and was proud of... no longer exists. Guess I can do what ever I want now, since there is clearly no consequences to my actions. Woo hoo!
That's just what we need, more illegal immigrants living in public housing. Hello, we can't even take care of our own but because she is the President's aunt she should stay. Whatever!
Why is she still here, and allowed to say for another year!!!????? she was suposed to leave over 5 years ago. How long can they stretch this out? How convenient that she left Boston before the election, but is back to mooch for as long as she can. If the Aunt of the President can not set an example, no one will. When are they going to fix this problem???
As an attorney myself, I find it shameful that her attorneys are attempting to "cook up" an excuse for her to stay in this country...first it's asylum, then health problems, and who knows what the next excuse will be. Everyone is denying the fact that she wants to be here because it offers her more opportunities than her home country, except those opportunities exist because people like me get out of bed every day, go to work, and pay my taxes. I certainly don't want my money going towards people like that. I have a great idea, let her move in with her attorneys!
justice is not so blind. nice to have friends above the law.
1/2 Auntie Zeituni Onyango shoulda went back the very next day ... to get in the request line with her paperwork as all should do. Add a time-penalty for breaking that law. But, Look... we have a prez who hasn't proved his citizenship. Even his 1/2 sister, not born in Hawaii, and admits to this, has a "living" certificate issued from Hawaii, just as Prez has shown his "living" certificate issued from Hawaii. So, their mother liked getting these types of certificates "made in Hawaii." Where's his real " Birth Certificate"? Shocking...We have a president we know little about; citizenship, religion, morals, beliefs. Don't try to find info from those who know him. As he has distanted himself from his friends, family, preachers, & any acquaintances. Wow, a prez who no longer knows anyone except wife, kids, & mother-in-law. Go figure. Smells bad... Real bad.
Any other case is, you past your time limit. You must leave immediately. If you are still here in 7 days you will be arrested and deported. If you choose to fight this order, you have 2 options, remain and be arrested, and fight from the confines of jail, OR leave and apply through the NORMAL CHANNELS of the American Embassy.
Any other options would be CONFLICT OF INTEREST, and PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT of an ILLEGAL PRESIDENT who has not himself proven his LEGAL AND AUTHENTIC CITIZENSHIP....
Does anyone not know what the word "illegal" means? Lady, you were ordered out of the country six years ago. Get out of my country already!
Is this just another illegal alien receiving all benefits of an American citizen and guess whos paying for it??!! I dont know, just asking.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? SINCE 2004 WHEN SHE 'DEFIED' THE DEPORATION ORDER SHE HAS BEEN LIVING ON LEGAL CITIZEN TAXPAYERS MONEY. THROW HER OUT.
"Lawyers for Onyango said yesterday that they planned to present new evidence seeking to reverse a 2004 deportation order and allow her to stay in the United States."
---Why is she still in this country! Oh, that's right her nephew is the president.
Awesome!!!! The next time we see her she will be collecting tolls for $75k a year...with a full TAX FREE pension for life!!!
What a crock. Ship her back. Typical immigration nonsense. I hope she is still here in November 2010 and 2012. More votes against this insanity.
How is it that an illegal immigrant is allowed to live in state and federal public housing?
She's overstayed her visa, in the country illegally, and yet she gets to stay...this is the good old boy network at it's finest. This makes me sick...
This is ridiculous.
Obama (the empty-suit) gets elected President and suddenyl we need to "re-visit" the "STANDING DEPORTATION ORDER" that is already been disregarded and ignored since 2004 ????
If this were any other illegal immigrant; they'd be on a boat !!!!
God Save Us !!
She's overstayed her visa, in the country illegally, and yet she gets to stay...this is the good old boy network at it's finest. This makes me sick...
NO SHE NOT BEING TREATED LIKE EVERY ONE ELSE..SHE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY BACK THE MONEY AND GET SHIPPED OUT..THIS JUDGE NEEDS TO LOSE HIS JOB..SHE IS NOT A US CITIZEN..LET GO BY THE BOOK...SOCIAL SECURITY DID NOT DO THERE JOB ..BUT IF SHE WAS OF DIFFERENT COLOR SHE WOULD NOT BE GETTING SOCIAL SECURITY ...THEY PUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THROUGH A BIG PROCESS AND JUDGES MAKING DECISION ON MEDICAL CONDITION THEY DON'T NO ABOUT..SO THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE CHANGED AND GET REGID OF THE POOR EMPLOYEE THAT CAN'T DO THERE JOB IN OUR GOVERMENT OFFICES..
So she is in the US illegally, living in public assisted housing and has heath issues. How does such and individual live? Can't possibly have a legal Social Security Number, that would allow her to work legally and take one of "those jobs americans don't want" (accordingly to George Bush). I strongly suspect that you and I, as taxpayers, are supporting her.
This has got to change!
It is ridiculous that they allow her to stay after they ordered her to leave and she did not do as they said regardless of any medical condidtions. She should also be removed from the in a South Boston public housing development.
Too bad she wasn't put in front of the judge who originally ordered her deported. Where is the follow through on that?
This illegal alien is being given special treatment under the law because of Obama.
She should be deported IMMEDIATELY!
The fix is in because Obama plans on giving 25-50 million illegal aliens
AMNESTY in MAY.
Americans will be outraged though and will KILL it again.
ANY politician trying to
I think she should be deported out of a circus cannon into Boston Harbor.
can't imagine this decision has anything to do with her nephew being prez!
There are lots of other people that are legally here that could use public housing - why are we paying for her housing? This is disgusting. I'm sure if she did not have free housing she would have been long gone .... no wonder this country is in such a financial mess.
Well isn't that wrong........................................
My daughter in law had to go back to Canada and wait and she was married to my son, an American...........
What else would you expect.
surprised?
I would really like to know, what the INS arguments are for have her staying here. She already have deportation notices - why has things changed? So many other illegals have been deported, why is she so different? Obama's aunt - maybe.
I believe I read she had free back surgery courtesy of MA taxpayers. Guess those deportation "orders" don't matter much.
You're doing a heck of a job lennie...
God hail the King!
In Oklahoma...she would have be deported back asap.....America WE HAVE ISSUES!
All I can say is "what a crock"....I have in-laws from a foreign country that I can't all get here at the same time because they would have 'nothing to go back to" and so are a risk for over-staying their visas and this woman has been here for how many years illegally and now she gets to stay at least another year. Get her out of here unless family and friends want to foot her bills like I was willing and able to do for my in-laws. No more public assistance.
this is ridiculous. no wonder pelosi insists that it is unamerican to deport illegal aliens. how come american citizens are homeless while obamas aunt is ilegal but has free housing. this is my country but i felt duped by this incident.
The lady has an asylum case. Give her time to make it. The US is disgracefully stingy about asylum and refugee status; she may well have a legitimate case.
Just remember, you people voted him. I just hope this country wakes up in 3-1/2 yrs and sends him packing.
He talks about beefing up the Mexican border but it's alright for his aunt to live here illegaly for free for the past 6yrs. And your right, Shaprio will be the next appointed to the supreme court.
Talk about double standards.........
21 comments, all correct.
She should be ordered to leave until the date of her appeal, especially considering she was already ordered to leave a LONG TIME AGO!? Instead, she has been rewarded for violating a judge's order and then get on the dole at the expense of taxpayers. Her behavior should be an indication that she has little respect for law and order or the traditions and institutions of America, so why would we want someone like that here in the first place?
The real answer is that after the first denial was issued she should have been put onto a bus and taken back to the airport for a flight home. Since she decided to violate the order, she should be ordered to leave again and have a judgment against her for the amount of public assistance she used, legal and processing fees.
I am sick of this insanity!!!
I can't help thinking that maybe if we stopped feeding, clothing, housing, providing healthcare and catering to her every whim on the taxpayer dime, she wouldn't be so unwilling to go. I'll bet the taxpayers are even paying her lawyers, directly or indirectly. She was ordered to leave in 2003, appealed and was ordered AGAIN to leave in 2004. Do we now have the option of ignoring federal judges and doing whatever the heck we want or is that right reserved only for illegals?
This judge needs to be gone. How can you break the law and STILL get our tax dollars?? This should be at the forefront of a national debate and (ultimate) reform. I hope this is just an isolated incident but we all know its not. What a joke our government and country has become. It doesn't pay to be a hard working, good citizen anymore. We are just working to pay everyone else's bill.
It's really funny that you people are so fed up with President Obama's lone aunt, but you aren't fed up with the millions of illegal hispanics that continue to flood this country yearly and have been eating up the resources of Americans for well over thirty years. These illegal hispanics have not only killed and stolen lives from every day Americans, but continue to rape and kill their own citizens, and as young as 1, 2, and 3 year old babies, for the sake of claiming something they did not even work to acquire. Get real people, the same attitude that you are showing towards President Obama's aunt should also be shown toward the illegal
Another criminal from a family of criminals
Just because he is staying out of the actual case doesn't mean he should not arrange to have her protected against all the whackjobs out there who would want to see him (or by extension his blood relatives) physically harmed.
Let's use some common sense people.
So - she TWICE ignores previous deportations, lives on my dime and yours, and then gets escorted into a closed hearing via a NON-PUBLIC entrance by a "security detail".......and then she gets to live here scot-free for yet another year?
Yeah. Nobama had NOTHING to do with this. Riiiiiight. @@
This is the biggest crock. Nothing will be done; she'll live & die here - all on our dime. So much for immigration reform. Why do we even bother having immigration laws when anyone can break them SEVERAL TIMES OVER and yet remain here?
She's the aunty of the President and she...is somewhat above the law??? What kind of judement is this. Wait and see...all relatives from Kenya will be at the White House.
I have a very poor taste on this. We're loosing jobs and here she is staying with our tax money.
Everyone, the Democrats have shown that illegal immigrants get preferential treatment at the expense of Americans. Illegals can get away with paying no taxes while American taxpayers pay for their healthcare, housing, and children's education. Hispanics have a 50% illegitimacy rate and their high school graduation rate is 54%. Their culture doesn't value education. 60% of adult illegal hispanics do not have a high school diploma. Of course, the bleeding heart liberals think that we should be spending MORE money on illegals to make up for this problem. This approach takes OUR taxpayer money away from OUR children. America cannot afford to finance the educational failures of Mexico and Central America. If we deport them all, you'll find that a lot of money will be freed up. Enforcement must come first. The Democrats have already reintroduced the Dream Act in the Senate which will provide amnesty for student age illegals. This is just the first step in their quest for amnesty for everyone. Support www.numbersusa.com to stop amnesty!
Yeah, Obama didn't know. Liar. As big a liar as the last guy.
She needs to pay back the taxpayers for all the money/housing/benefits she obtained through fraud.
Did you really think she'd be deported??? I heard that Patrick will name her to that $170K "urgently needed" 12 years vacant position tomorrow that Walsh just "backed out of". She'll then work a couple days and then go out on disability, with an enhanced pension package. Can't blame the judge, he doesn't want to end up like Vince Foster :) Patrick and Obama - together they can!
Obama is ok with U.S. and Chump Massachusetts taxpayers footing the bill for his aunt? His illegal immigrant blood relative is leaching off U.S. taxpayers while holier than thou Obama makes millions from books, Pres. salary, etc.? Come on Massachusetts Liberals, where's your outrage??
This is the epitome of hypocrisy, stupidity (voters) and gall.
I guess it okay to start breaking the laws!!
It would be a great EMBARRASSMENT to the United States of America should the US government deport the aunt of THE PRESIDENT...that is too uncouth a move for even staunch supporters of "equal" this and that for all. Think about what that would look like to the rest of the world. I think they need to examine her records, and then panelize her for living her illegally with a fine, and then allow her to remain in the states.
Of course, of course!!!
Welcome to the United States of socialism. This woman is here illegally and was supposed to leave 5 years ago, but she is related to "mr. change"...so, we'll make exceptions....of course, of course....spread the wealth around some more.....and I'm sure a call was made by "Mr. Change" to Deval and the judge to delay the deportation proceedings....
By a show of hands,...how many of you "blind mice" voted for "mr. change" and expected something different? Too bad we're all paying the price for your stupidity.
From sea to shining sea...
...let's hear it for Auntie Z!
She decided she was staying...
..and that all of us should be paying!
So let's hear it again for Auntie Z...
...who gets to stay in the good 'ol USA for free!!
Change you can believe in!
To all you people calling for her to be thrown out of the country because she's "breaking the law" my response is: how do you know? This country thankfully is STILL a nation of laws, not of men, so we can assume her lawyers are pursuing legitimate legal strategies. My guess is they're arguing for refugee status (although the article makes clear the lawyers won't divulge their strategy). Try to separate your disdain for the president from the facts of this particular case. If it were YOU who were in the woman's shoes, I'm sure you would want due process as well. And, by the way, given the hatred for this country around the world (and the existence of terrorist networks) she'll likely ultimately be granted asylum -- for good reason, because she's a target.
What does Gov. Patrick Duval say," deportation orders, ONLY WORDS "!!!!
I cannot believe what I am reading. She should stay and receive the appropriate treatment because she is the PRESIDENT's AUNTIE.
You want to save half a penny from your sorry paycheck and have a number of security personal shipped with her to keep her safe for our sake.
If this was Bush's relative Barney Frank would be lisping for a special investigation into the apparent manipulation and string-pulling of the immigration system by the administration and the headlines on MSNBC would be screaming "Bush's Relative Gets Special Treatment from the INS!"
Give her a break. Unless you're a Native American, you have an ancestor who immigrated at some point -- most likely without any paperwork.
Hey everyone - remember that she also donated to Obama's campaign - using money she got from us taxpayers!!!!
People should flood Menino's office to complain why in God's name she is still in public housing.
VOTE OUT DEVOLVE in 2010 and Nobama in 2012.
Why do some people always have to involve God in their success? "Praise God", she says upon emerging from the courthouse.
She should say:"Praise my nephew".
Let's not be naive. We all know why she is still here. Ridiculous, but am i shocked?
CHANGE, it's what you will have left to live on.
At this point the woman is so well known that if she was sent back to Kenya, she could very well be kidnapped and held for some kind of ransom or blackmail as the aunt of the American President. And that could of course cause some kind of international incident. Now that Obama is actually the president, her situation has changed significantly, whether we like it or not. I suspect that may be partly why the judge decided to postpone her deportation. Her relationship to Obama may actually put her in jeopardy now.
I am a rock-ribbed conservative, as anyone on the Articles of Faith blog will tell you. But i think the aunt should be allowed to stay in the country. Why? 1)She's already here 2)she's elderly 3)she's not hurting anyone 4)what's one more immigrant with the millions of illegals. This is a good example of (no pun intended) black and white law, whereas common sense says allow the President's aunt to stay. It's like, cops shouldn't give a ticket for going one mph over the speed limit. It's not like she's moving into the Lincoln bedroom or something. Most libs don't believe it, but there are actually some "kindler, gentler, compassionate" conservatives to actual individual human beings, while being strict on the policy level.
Who are these idiots who say to give her case a chance.
She had several chances and was told to leave.
we have a shelter for homeless vets in Boston, but there is room for illegal aliens in public housing!!! what is wrong with this picture? who paid for the "throng of men in suits"? why was she not arrested for violating a judges order TWICE?
living on the dole, she has better health care for free than the policy I have to pay dearly for.
Auntie needs to go home and our Judiciary system needs to abide by the laws on the book. If Auntie does indeed require asylum in the US, move her into the White House so that she can share child-rearing duties with Obama's mother-in-law, and set her up to start paying taxes to the US government. Then she can live with the Obamas as a dependent after they vacate the White House, thereby freeing up the public housing for someone who is actually paying taxes into the system.
As a law abiding citizen who loves my country (I'm not xenophobic), I am disappointed.
Her Butt should be on the next plane back to where ever she comes from. This is absolute crap she has been told to leave twice and she ignored both orders, now goes to court again and she still allowed to stay. And think about how much $$ this is costing by her being allowed to go to court over and over. Another case of the government NOT doing their job and the people being screwed over by an Illegal...