Obama's fugitive alien aunt now in Cleveland

Boston Globe/Houston Chronicle:

President-elect Barack Obama's aunt is with relatives in Cleveland and mulling her options to fight a deportation order, according to her immigration attorney.

Margaret W. Wong, a lawyer in Cleveland, issued a statement saying Zeituni Onyango did not wish to comment further.

The 56-year-old half-sister of Obama's late father had said she would speak to a reporter after the election, but instead declined to comment and left her apartment in the Boston Housing Authority for Ohio.

"Her wish is for this matter to remain private," Wong said in a statement. "She is in Cleveland with close family members resting and is under good care."

An immigration judge denied Onyango's application for political asylum and ordered her deported four years ago. But since then she has been living in federal and state-funded public housing in Boston.

Immigration lawyers have said Onyango might have several options to stay in this country, even if she were facing a deportation order. She could appeal to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to allow her to stay while she tries to reopen her asylum case, for instance.

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Maybe President Bush could give her amnesty. Otherwise she will continue to be an embarrassment to Obama. I think it would be politically impossible for Obama to pardon her. The story does not say whom her relatives in Cleveland are, and whether they too are related to Obama.

The story does indicate there are on going attempts to find and prosecute the whistle blower who revealed her status. I can't think of one logical reason why fugitive aliens whose cases have been adjudicated are entitled to a right of privacy about their status. In fact, logic would dictate that their status be publicized to make it more difficult for them to act as absconders and remain at large rather than be deported.

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  1. TigerHawk7:30 PM

    Bush should pardon her and be done with it. It would be a nice thing to do, and the right thing to do. We do not need our new president burdened with this embarassing business.

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