Obama's Aunt: US Obligated to Make Me a Citizen
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Sep 21, 2010 8:57 am US/Eastern Aunt Zeituni: 'The System Took Advantage Of Me'
President Obama's Aunt Speaks Exclusively With WBZ-TV Reporting
Jonathan Elias BOSTON (WBZ) ― Click to enlarge1 of 1
Zeituni Onyango sat down one-on-one with WBZ-TV's Jonathan Elias.
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"If I come as an immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen." Those are the words from 58-year-old Zeituni Onyango of Kenya in a recent exclusive interview with WBZ-TV.
Onyango is the aunt of President Barack Obama. She lived in the United States illegally for years, receiving public assistance in Boston.
'I KNEW I OVERSTAYED'
Aunt Zeituni, as she has come to be known, first surfaced in the public light in 2008, in the final days of the Presidential election. Then-candidate Obama said that he was not against the possible deportation of his aunt. "If she has violated laws, then those laws have to be obeyed," he told CBS's Katie Couric. "We are a nation of laws."
Onyango had violated the law, and she knew it.
"I knew I had overstayed" she told WBZ-TV's Jonathan Elias when the two sat down one-on-one.
ASSIGNED PUBLIC HOUSING
Zeituni Onyango said she came to the United States in 2000 and had every intention of leaving. Then, however, she says she got deathly ill and was hospitalized. When she recovered, she said she was broke and couldn't afford to leave.
For two years Onyango said she lived in a homeless shelter, before she was assigned public housing despite thousands of legal residents also awaiting assistance. "I didn't take any advantage of the system. The system took advantage of me."
"I didn't ask for it; they gave it to me. Ask your system. I didn't create it or vote for it. Go and ask your system," she said unapologetically.
And she's right. The system provided her assistance despite her status as an illegal immigrant.
ORDERED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY
In 2004 a judge ordered Zeituni Onyango out of the country, but she never left. She stayed, hiding in plain sight. In 2005 she attended her nephew's swearing in as the junior Senator of Illinois. In 2008 she was invited to, and traveled to D.C. for President Obama's inauguration.
However her nephew, she says, never pulled any strings for her.
"Listen. Obama did not know my whereabouts."
'HEAVEN' PAYS HER BILLS
Onyango hired a top immigration lawyer from Cleveland to help fight her case. We asked how she afforded that lawyer, when she claimed poverty.
"When you believe in Jesus Christ and almighty God, my help comes from heaven," she responded.
'PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE'
When asked about cutting in line ahead of those who have paid into the system she answered plainly, "I don't mind. You can take that house. I will be on the street with the homeless."
"To me America's dream became America's worst nightmare," she said adamantly. "I have been treated like public enemy number one."
GRANTED ASYLUM
She is still living in South Boston public housing, unemployed, and collecting about $700 a month in disability, she says. And now, Zeituni Onlyango is in this country legally.
In May 2010, Onyango's case went back before the same judge who ordered her out of the country in 2004. This time she was granted asylum in the United States. The ruling said a return to Kenya might put Onyango in danger.
Did her nephew, the President of the United States influence that immigration judge? "No influence at all, from nobody, from nowhere," Onyango said.
Watch the second part of Jonathan Elias's exclusive interview with Zeituni Onyango Tuesday night at 11 p.m., on WBZ-TV.
(© MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
http://wbztv.com/local/obama.aunt.zeitu ... 21954.html
President Obama's Aunt Speaks Exclusively With WBZ-TV Reporting
Jonathan Elias BOSTON (WBZ) ― Click to enlarge1 of 1
Zeituni Onyango sat down one-on-one with WBZ-TV's Jonathan Elias.
WBZ
Aunt Zeituni Will Not Be Deported
(5/17/2010)
Obama's Aunt Has No Contact With First Family
(12/1/2009)
Obama On Aunt: 'Laws Have To Be Obeyed'
(11/3/2008)
"If I come as an immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen." Those are the words from 58-year-old Zeituni Onyango of Kenya in a recent exclusive interview with WBZ-TV.
Onyango is the aunt of President Barack Obama. She lived in the United States illegally for years, receiving public assistance in Boston.
'I KNEW I OVERSTAYED'
Aunt Zeituni, as she has come to be known, first surfaced in the public light in 2008, in the final days of the Presidential election. Then-candidate Obama said that he was not against the possible deportation of his aunt. "If she has violated laws, then those laws have to be obeyed," he told CBS's Katie Couric. "We are a nation of laws."
Onyango had violated the law, and she knew it.
"I knew I had overstayed" she told WBZ-TV's Jonathan Elias when the two sat down one-on-one.
ASSIGNED PUBLIC HOUSING
Zeituni Onyango said she came to the United States in 2000 and had every intention of leaving. Then, however, she says she got deathly ill and was hospitalized. When she recovered, she said she was broke and couldn't afford to leave.
For two years Onyango said she lived in a homeless shelter, before she was assigned public housing despite thousands of legal residents also awaiting assistance. "I didn't take any advantage of the system. The system took advantage of me."
"I didn't ask for it; they gave it to me. Ask your system. I didn't create it or vote for it. Go and ask your system," she said unapologetically.
And she's right. The system provided her assistance despite her status as an illegal immigrant.
ORDERED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY
In 2004 a judge ordered Zeituni Onyango out of the country, but she never left. She stayed, hiding in plain sight. In 2005 she attended her nephew's swearing in as the junior Senator of Illinois. In 2008 she was invited to, and traveled to D.C. for President Obama's inauguration.
However her nephew, she says, never pulled any strings for her.
"Listen. Obama did not know my whereabouts."
'HEAVEN' PAYS HER BILLS
Onyango hired a top immigration lawyer from Cleveland to help fight her case. We asked how she afforded that lawyer, when she claimed poverty.
"When you believe in Jesus Christ and almighty God, my help comes from heaven," she responded.
'PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE'
When asked about cutting in line ahead of those who have paid into the system she answered plainly, "I don't mind. You can take that house. I will be on the street with the homeless."
"To me America's dream became America's worst nightmare," she said adamantly. "I have been treated like public enemy number one."
GRANTED ASYLUM
She is still living in South Boston public housing, unemployed, and collecting about $700 a month in disability, she says. And now, Zeituni Onlyango is in this country legally.
In May 2010, Onyango's case went back before the same judge who ordered her out of the country in 2004. This time she was granted asylum in the United States. The ruling said a return to Kenya might put Onyango in danger.
Did her nephew, the President of the United States influence that immigration judge? "No influence at all, from nobody, from nowhere," Onyango said.
Watch the second part of Jonathan Elias's exclusive interview with Zeituni Onyango Tuesday night at 11 p.m., on WBZ-TV.
(© MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
http://wbztv.com/local/obama.aunt.zeitu ... 21954.html
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
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ooooo snaaaap
Godfather.0 -
wait if you where the president and you had an aunt who was an illegal wouldn't you try and help her??Post edited by satansbed on0
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that is what i was wondering....i would, and i won't lie about it.satansbed wrote:wait if you where the president and you had an aunt who was an illegal wouldn't you not try and help her??
as the godfather (in the movie) said, "a man who does not take care of his family is not a man"......"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
gimmesometruth27 wrote:
that is what i was wondering....i would, and i won't lie about it.satansbed wrote:wait if you where the president and you had an aunt who was an illegal wouldn't you not try and help her??
as the godfather (in the movie) said, "a man who does not take care of his family is not a man"......
So you would have no problem if say a president gave his brother a job over others who may be better qualified because "a man who does not take care of his family is not a man" think about that0 -
you accuse me of saying i would do something that has happened a million times throughout the history of the world. nepotism is the oldest form of governemnt corruption and i would not participate in that. so no i would not do what you are asking or implying.. i would make a few phone calls to help expedite the process to legalization or maybe even citizenship. what is wrong with that?fife wrote:So you would have no problem if say a president gave his brother a job over others who may be better qualified because "a man who does not take care of his family is not a man" think about that"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
gimmesometruth27 wrote:
you accuse me of saying i would do something that has happened a million times throughout the history of the world. nepotism is the oldest form of governemnt corruption and i would not participate in that. so no i would not do what you are asking or implying.. i would make a few phone calls to help expedite the process to legalization or maybe even citizenship. what is wrong with that?fife wrote:So you would have no problem if say a president gave his brother a job over others who may be better qualified because "a man who does not take care of his family is not a man" think about that
What is wrong with that is that Obama is not calling as a regular person, he is calling as the President. I for one would be pissed if i was following the rules to enter the country and i have been waiting and here i see another person gets in because the President of the country got her in. that is nepotism.0 -
no thats called being lucky to be related to the presidentfife wrote:
What is wrong with that is that Obama is not calling as a regular person, he is calling as the President. I for one would be pissed if i was following the rules to enter the country and i have been waiting and here i see another person gets in because the President of the country got her in. that is nepotism.0 -
Hmmm...let's see:
"Obama helps his Aunt become a US Citizen"
or
"Obama refuses to help is own family"
pick one...either way, the man can't win...0 -
I'm not an obamaite but maan the guy already has a very difficult job and now having to explain this or defend his aunt .....after all this AZ stuff, tough spot for sure he autta do it open and up front and let the cards fall as they will.
it sounds like the guy who won the lottery and all the sudden he has relatives coming out of the wood work.
Godfather.0 -
Godfather. wrote:I'm not an obamaite but maan the guy already has a very difficult job and now having to explain this or defend his aunt .....after all this AZ stuff, tough spot for sure he autta do it open and up front and let the cards fall as they will.
it sounds like the guy who won the lottery and all the sudden he has relatives coming out of the wood work.
Godfather.
i don't think i have ever seen you say anything positive about obama0 -
satansbed wrote:fife wrote:
What is wrong with that is that Obama is not calling as a regular person, he is calling as the President. I for one would be pissed if i was following the rules to enter the country and i have been waiting and here i see another person gets in because the President of the country got her in. that is nepotism.
no thats called being lucky to be related to the president
lets remember this line when a republican does something similar.0 -
i would love to see a republican with an illegal immigrant auntfife wrote:satansbed wrote:fife wrote:
What is wrong with that is that Obama is not calling as a regular person, he is calling as the President. I for one would be pissed if i was following the rules to enter the country and i have been waiting and here i see another person gets in because the President of the country got her in. that is nepotism.
no thats called being lucky to be related to the president
lets remember this line when a republican does something similar.0 -
inmytree wrote:Hmmm...let's see:
"Obama helps his Aunt become a US Citizen"
or
"Obama refuses to help is own family"
pick one...either way, the man can't win...
i am not basing Obama at all and your right he can't win if he attacks this as i am helping my family but lets say he comes up with a plan for immigration then its not "I'm helping my aunt, I'm helping all immigrants"0 -
satansbed wrote:Godfather. wrote:I'm not an obamaite but maan the guy already has a very difficult job and now having to explain this or defend his aunt .....after all this AZ stuff, tough spot for sure he autta do it open and up front and let the cards fall as they will.
it sounds like the guy who won the lottery and all the sudden he has relatives coming out of the wood work.
Godfather.
i don't think i have ever seen you say anything positive about obama
true I suppose but I do call it like I see it or feel it and in this situation with his aunt I feel for him.
Godfather.0 -
fife wrote:inmytree wrote:Hmmm...let's see:
"Obama helps his Aunt become a US Citizen"
or
"Obama refuses to help is own family"
pick one...either way, the man can't win...
i am not basing Obama at all and your right he can't win if he attacks this as i am helping my family but lets say he comes up with a plan for immigration then its not "I'm helping my aunt, I'm helping all immigrants"
come on now, we both know you're basing obama over this...as for the rest of your post, I have no idea what you are saying...0 -
lets remember this line when a republican does something similar.[/quote]
i would love to see a republican with an illegal immigrant aunt[/quote]
thats not the point. the question is should a President do something for 1 person and not everyone.0 -
i am sorry that you feel that way, but like it or not the man is the commander in chief, and if he asks for a favor or something he gets it. important people have that luxury. that is just the way the world works.fife wrote:What is wrong with that is that Obama is not calling as a regular person, he is calling as the President. I for one would be pissed if i was following the rules to enter the country and i have been waiting and here i see another person gets in because the President of the country got her in. that is nepotism.
case in point, the vice president of our hospital just yesterday called our office to get his wife in for a same day appointment at the end of the day for a problem that has been going on for 3 months and we fit her in and stayed late even though it was a monumental pain in the ass, but fortunately or unfortunately important people get stroked and that is how it is..."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
inmytree wrote:fife wrote:inmytree wrote:Hmmm...let's see:
"Obama helps his Aunt become a US Citizen"
or
"Obama refuses to help is own family"
pick one...either way, the man can't win...
i am not basing Obama at all and your right he can't win if he attacks this as i am helping my family but lets say he comes up with a plan for immigration then its not "I'm helping my aunt, I'm helping all immigrants"
come on now, we both know you're basing obama over this...as for the rest of your post, I have no idea what you are saying...
no not bashing him at all. all of my posts have been about one line that gimme said which was basically a man should help his family or he not a man. that scary for me because it leads to unfairness and corruption when you have alot of power.
sorry about the rest of the post was on the phone at the same time.0 -
inmytree wrote:fife wrote:
thats not the point. the question is should a President do something for 1 person and not everyone.
good point...that f-er better get me Xmas gift...you know, if he gets one for Michelle, he better damn well get me one...
hopefully that a joke because if its not it sad.0
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