As Barack Obama continues to fight deportation from the White House and potentially the US, his aunt, Zeituni Onyango, is fighting deportation in a Boston court.

From The Examiner, February 4, 2010.

“Crime story: Obama’s aunt fights deportation to Kenya”

“Fifty-seven year old Zeituni Onyango, President Barack Obama’s aunt on his Kenyan father’s side, pleaded for political asylum before a Boston court today in a case that is being all but ignored by the mainstream news media in the U.S.

Onyango appeared in a Boston federal immigration court for a hearing regarding her plea for asylum in the U.S.  She’s been living in violation of the law after ignoring an order for deportation issued in 2004.

Onyanga’s defense attorney, Margaret Wong, is arguing that the President’s aunt should not be deported due to serious medical issues. However, Wong has also stated a backup argument will be the threat of  violence that exists in Kenya due to warring tribes.

The proceeding is being held before Judge Leonard Shapiro behind closed-doors. Wong said that Onyango would appeal if ordered deported. The U.S. government also has the right of appeal, but some observers believe such an appeal by prosecutors is unlikely.

Although living illegally in the U.S. for years, with the knowledge of the entire Obama family,  Onyango was discovered by investigative bloggers in 2008. Not surprising to media critics, the mainstream news organizations ignored the story or relegated it to newspapers’ back-pages as unsubstantiated allegations until after the election, according to political strategist Mike Baker.”

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http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2684-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2010m2d4-Crime-story-Obamas-aunt-fights-deportation-to-Kenya