FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama's uncle was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving in Massachusetts, told police he planned to arrange bail through the White House and is being held without bail by federal immigration officials, authorities said Monday.

Onyango Obama, 67, was arrested last week in Framingham, about 20 miles west of Boston, after police said he made a rolling stop through a stop sign and nearly caused a cruiser to strike his sport utility vehicle.

Police said that after being booked at the police station, Obama was asked whether he wanted to make a telephone call to arrange for bail. "I think I will call the White House," he stated, according to a police report filed in Framingham District Court.

Police said Obama, who is originally from Kenya and is the half-brother of the president's late father, pleaded not guilty Friday and is being held without bail on a detainer from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In a court document, ICE said Onyango Obama had an earlier deportation or removal order.

His immigration status couldn't immediately be confirmed, but such orders are generally reserved for people living in the country illegally. A spokesman for ICE declined to comment on Onyango Obama's immigration case, and the White House had no comment.

Obama was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and failure to yield the right of way.

Michael Rogers, a spokesman for Cleveland immigration attorney Margaret Wong, said Wong will represent Obama. He confirmed that Onyango Obama is the half-brother of Obama's father and the full-blooded brother of another relative, Zeituni Onyango, of Boston.

Zeituni Onyango made headlines last year when she won the right to stay in the United States after an earlier deportation order. She came to the U.S. from Kenya in 2000 and was denied asylum by an immigration judge in 2004.

She stayed in the country illegally and was granted asylum last year by a judge who found she could be a target in Kenya not only for those who oppose the United States and the president, but also for member of the Kenyan government.

Framingham police said Onyango Obama was arrested Wednesday after he failed to stop completely at a stop sign and a police officer had to quickly apply his brakes to avoid hitting Obama's SUV.

Officer Val Krishtal said in a written report that Obama slurred his speech and became argumentative after he was told that he was being stopped because he had failed to fully stop and yield to traffic.

"I explained to him that I narrowly avoided striking his vehicle, and he told me that he did not hear my tires screeching, so I was not being accurate," Krishtal said in the report.

Obama originally told Krishtal he had nothing to drink but later said he had had two beers, Krishtal wrote in the report.

Krishtal said Obama failed several sobriety tests and blew a reading of 0.14 percent on a blood-alcohol breath test, which is above the state's legal driving limit of 0.08 percent.

The Obama administration announced this month that it would allow many illegal immigrants facing deportation the chance to stay in the United States and apply for a work permit, and would focus on removing convicted criminals and people who might be a national security or public safety threat.

http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-uncle-held-immigration-authorities-222253327.html

So?

It's not the first time the president had a drunk for a relative.

Relevant to what?

how many presidents relatives have been detained by the immigration department?

(thats #2 for obama)

Only as many as those who have relatives from other countries.

As an illustration, when George W Bush himself was arrested for drunk driving, Immigration did not get involved because Bush was a natural-born American, unlike Obama's relatives.

So, relevant to what? What are you trying to tell us?

The prezes father was from Kenya. Ya gotta expect him to have some shirtail relatives over there and some of them are going to want to come over here.

In these times you'd think there would be more important things to be concerned with?

i think immigration law is important... if the president can't set an example, then he doesn't need to be president...

I still can't figure out what you're trying to tell us. Does this incident tell us that the President has done something wrong with regards to immigration law? please, tell us.

When you have complete control over every single member of your family let us know.

No but I am sure he was aware of his uncles condition. That he was currently committing a crime.

why are you sure? do you know all of your relatives activities?

And if he is/was aware? so what? What was he supposed to personally do that there isnt already authority in place to take care of?

you libs can whine and shoot around the issue all you want, asking how relevant something is and controlling family members, but it all boils down to a crime is a crime. if obummer can't even keep his own family under control and not doing something to make them legals, then he is not even remotely presidential material. to bad you libs cannot not even see how lame this guy is. but whatever, you just keep him in there for another 4 years to ruin the country a little more....

oh , give me a break. No grown man is responsible for another grown man because they are related(distantly). The presidents responsibility is to the interests of the COUNTRY, not the control or protection of family members.

distantly? when is an uncle distant? your saying oberry didn't know that his uncle and aunt were over here and not in kenya? his aunt was told to leave in 2004, and guess what, shes still here... i'm sure the secret service might have a clue as to his relatives coming into the country....

All activities? No. In a different country especially illegally yes. Especially if I was the president of that country? Probably more so. Especially when the uncle said he wanted to call the "white house".

Should he have personally taken care of it? Maybe maybe not. It does hurt him though. I mean its not gonna look good for reelection. Now people can claim he allowed foreign relatives to live here illegally whether he had anything to do with it or not. Its just bad press. Did he do anything illegal? No he didn't. You do hold the president to higher moral standards though.

Wow, let's see. He is a criminal for being in this country illegally(Felony) and a criminal because he commited ANOTHER criminal offense while in this country illegally which makes him habitual.

Your either in denial or naive if you don't think Obama knew his Uncle was here illegally. You realize he has "Damage Control" people on his staff and I guarantee they know where his family members are and if they are in this country illegally.

That's not the tune you ALL took when President Bush's daughters were causing trouble when they were teenages who didn't know what they were doing.

Hey BIG Effing Surprise, right?

One more year to go then we can vote Rick Perry into office!