http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28852750/


DHS directive aimed at Obama's illegal aunt
Government was worried about negative media interest ahead of election


The directive makes clear that U.S. officials worried about possible election implications of arresting Zeituni Onyango, the half-sister of Obama's late father, who at the time was living in public housing in Boston. She is now believed to be living in Cleveland.

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Deportation order
Obama's aunt was instructed to leave the country four years ago by an immigration judge who rejected her request for asylum from her native Kenya.

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"Like other rules and directives issued by the previous administration, it will be reviewed and revoked if it does not serve the best interests of the American people," the White House told the AP.

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Despite the deportation order, Onyango traveled to Washington last week for her nephew's inauguration. News organizations observed her attending an inaugural ball at Washington's Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, a historic luxury hotel, with her immigration lawyer, Margaret Wong.

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Obama has said he didn't know his aunt was living in the United States illegally and believes that laws covering the situation should be followed.

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so does this implicate bush and obama being in bed together???

and/or that bush knew what obama should have known and did not??????

hhhhhmmmmmmmm

interesting

very interesting

I think it's possible he didn't know and if he did, so what? It's not like he can be responsible for someone else's behavior, family or not. And, he has said that the law should be followed. If she's here illegally, I'm all for sending her back but what that has to do with him, I don't see.

who said it has to do with him

it has more to do with the directive and the directive was handed down by bush just b4 the election thus stopping the possible arrest of the aunt

thus maybe pallen is not as stupid as everyone thinks and after the election if she was arrested what would it change he was already elected

it is a possibility is it not that it was also directed obama would win and if so by whom

just a thought

but hey

what do i know

is it that it is paranoia or is it that it is not paranoid enough??????????????

Well, working in DC, having worked in the legal field for 20 some years and having worked with the federal government for a while now, I can tell you, INS moves slllllllllooooooooooowwwwwwwllllllyyyyyyyyy, unless you're a mass murderer or something. I think it's more than probable that no one except some paper pusher in cubehell knew anything about it. It's doubtful that Bush knew or if he did, could have or would have done anything. If he did know and pushed it forward, it would look like vindictiveness on his part. If he did know, he probably figured it was better to just let the "workings of justice" take their normal course.

Not sure how its relevant to anything.

does relevance really matter

anything can be spun to make it relevant

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it appears that this is being taken as an anti-obama thread`


i wonder why

it has nothing to do with obama doing anything he was not in ""power"" or place to hand down a directive

i wonder if those taking this as anti-obama are really all that confident in him -- if you think this is about him then you must think it is possible he is capable of it

interesting

very interesting

I believe it may be the above quote that makes it sound that way

i guess it could look that way if it was a statement

maybe i should change it but i do see a question mark on the end of it

so you think it is possible???

Eh, doesn't matter. Makes for a somewhat interesting conversation anyway. BTW, to comment on the Obama supporters. I voted for him, mostly as I belived he was the lesser of 2 evils (great way to pick, right?). I fervently want to believe that he can make some progress in changing things, maybe that's wishful thinking, I don't know yet. Do I believe he's capable? Of course, he's a politician, they're ALL capable and I believe most, if not all, truly compromise their own ethics in order to get where they are. It's unfortunate, but we live in a society where that has become necessary in politics in order to get anything done at all. I'm all for changing that but I don't see it happening because a professional politician's goal is to get into office and stay in office, it has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with doing the right thing.

i can agree with that for the most part

the only way to bring it to an end it to not vote for the lesser of two evils and go for a third candidate

many will say that this is a wasted vote. i would say a wasted vote is the vote for the lesser of two evils

will it happen overnight -- no

but until the third fourth or fifth options start getting elected there will be no real change in washington because the republican and democrats have the same destination just somewhat different routes on getting