Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated Press has learned.How would anyone have know that Obama was running for the President four years ago when the asylum request was denied; Obama himself admitted that he was completely unqualified to run at that point. The question is how this particular piece of news came out now. Good question. Maybe the media should have spent more time looking into Obama's family relationships and his story months and years ago than putting a shine on the Obama coronation when the election hadn't even taken place.
Zeituni Onyango, 56, referred to as "Aunti Zeituni" in Obama's memoir, was instructed to leave the United States by a U.S. immigration judge who denied her asylum request, a person familiar with the matter told the AP late Friday. This person spoke on condition of anonymity because no one was authorized to discuss Onyango's case.
Information about the deportation case was disclosed and confirmed by two separate sources, one of them a federal law enforcement official. The information they made available is known to officials in the federal government, but the AP could not establish whether anyone at a political level in the Bush administration or in the McCain campaign had been involved in its release.
Imagine if the media took as much interest in Obama's family as they did in Joe the Plumber. We might have learned this ages ago.
Of course, the situation with Obama's aunt isn't exactly indicative or reflective on Obama himself, but it does call into question the media's reporting talents. What took them so long to find this person and use their investigative talents?
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