Pirate's Cove

Maybe she is just doing the jobs American’s won’t

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.

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 enforcment 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. (WT-they can’t confirm it, but, they will throw the possibility at the wall for the hell of it. Responsible journalism!)

Onyango’s refusal to leave the country would represent an administrative, non-criminal violation of U.S. immigration law, meaning such cases are handled outside the criminal court system. Estimates vary, but many experts believe there are more than 10 million such immigrants in the United States.

What did Barry know and when did he know it? Especially since he has taken campaign donations from her, which, last time I checked, it was still illegal to take campaign donations from foreign citizens. See the 2nd paragraph on page 2 of the Times Of London story. Will Barry return her contribution?

And here we have yet another illegal alien living on the public dole.

Others: Michelle Malkin, TigerHawk, Riehl World View, The Jed Report, Boston Globe, Confederate Yankee, Pirates Man Your Women, Bloodthirsty Liberal, Winds Of Jihad, and Right Wing News

More: It gets humorous, with Josh Marshall going full Moonbat regarding the AP’s wondering if McCain or Bush were involved

That’s about as transparent a red flag as an outfit like the AP is usually willing to give. And there you have it. Quite likely working in concert with the McCain campaign, a Bush administration official is leaking details on an immigration case to try to help McCain three days before the election. It’s shades of Bush I’s riffling through Bill Clinton’s passport files just before the 1992 election in a desperate last minute gambit as they were swirling down the drain.

It would probably be monumentaly idiotic to ask if Josh has anything other then a feeling, you know, proof, eh?

TPM Muckraker is seeing all sorts of conspiracies, and seems to find the timing suspect. I guess an “11th hour smear” is only OK when it involves Bush’s drunk driving or made up TANG documents.

Oh, and the Messiah, whose staffers are constantly checking the veracity of those who donate (snicker), is going to give give her donation back.