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发帖数: 29846 | 1 July 24, 2012 By FAIR Gov't Relations Team
A series of emails released last week reveal that Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) officials delayed the deportation of President Obama’s
uncle, Onyango Obama, to allow him to seek the reopening of his deportation
case. (Washington Examiner, July 16, 2012; Judicial Watch, July 16, 2012)
The emails reveal that ICE officials gave Onyango Obama special treatment by
staying his deportation, rather than deporting him following his arrest for
driving under the influence (DUI) last year. According to the email
exchanges between ICE Public Affairs Officer Brian Hale and ICE Director
John Morton, officials granted Mr. Obama a stay of deportation to permit him
to seek the reopening of his deportation proceedings, and attend pending
criminal proceedings for his DUI charges. (Email Exchange at p. 43, April 1,
2012) (Id.)
The emails also reveal numerous exchanges between ICE officials who were
monitoring media coverage of the President’s Uncle’s case, including
statements by presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, stating that
if elected he would deport Onyango Obama. (Id. at p. 42, Dec. 22, 2011)
Onyango Obama has been in the United States illegally since 1992, when he
was ordered to leave the country after overstaying his visa. (Boston Globe,
Sept. 9, 2011) Most recently, Onyango Obama was in the news for driving
under the influence of alcohol at nearly twice the legal limit. (FAIR
Legislative Update, Apr. 16, 2012; see also Boston Herald, Mar. 28, 2012)
Upon arrest, Onyango was briefly detained by ICE officials when they
discovered he had ignored his 20-year-old deportation order. (Boston Globe,
Aug. 31, 2011)
Since this would not be the first instance of a relative of President Obama
being allowed to remain in the country following years of unlawful presence,
Obama might just succeed. The President’s Aunt, Zeituni Onyango, was
ordered to leave the country twice between 2003 and 2004, but never did, and
was eventually granted asylum in 2010. (FAIR Legislative Update, Sept. 27,
2010) Incidentally, Onyango Obama’s immigration attorney, Margaret Wong, is
the same attorney who helped Zeituni win asylum. (Id.; see also Boston
Herald, Apr. 13, 2012) |
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