Immigration judge allowing Obama's aunt to remain in US for now

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Obama's aunt to stay in the country for now

An immigration judge continued the deportation case of Zeituni Onyango for 10 months during a closed-door hearing in Boston, allowing the half-sister of Obama to remain in the country until then.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

(UPI) - An immigration judge Wednesday allowed the aunt of President Barack Obama to stay in the United States until February 2010, officials said.

Immigration Judge Leonard Shapiro continued the deportation case of Zeituni Onyango for 10 months during a closed-door hearing in Boston, allowing the half-sister of Obama's late Kenyan father to remain in the country until then, The Boston Globe reported.

Smiling broadly as she emerged from a brief hearing, Onyango said, "praise God," and held her head high as she was surrounded by a cadre of men in suits, the newspaper said.

Immigration Court spokeswoman Fatimah Mateen told reporters that Shapiro treated the Onyango case "just like any other case before an immigration judge."

Mike Rogers, a spokesman for Onyango's lawyers, told the newspaper that Onyango would "request to stay permanently in the United States" during the next hearing.

Analysts said the case is being closely watched as a test of Obama's commitment to immigration laws. Onyango lost a bid for asylum in 2003 but continues to live in subsidized public housing in Boston while she appeals the deportation order.

[vadawg]

1. same ol same ol, it does pay to have friends in high places.

[genna]

2. How safe is she in the U.S. with her brother receiving so many threats?

For that matter, how safe is his family abroad? I never felt comfortable knowing that his relatives were featured the world over in Kenya and other places.

Maybe I'm paranoid. But I think they should have some kind of protection. Maybe not U.S. taxpayer protection, but maybe a private security firm. There are some people who absolutely hate Americans abroad not to mention those who hate on the basis of skin pigmentation.