Obama's uncle is called a fugitive from deportation since 1992

FRAMINGHAM - The uncle of President Obama arrested here last week on drunken driving and other charges has been a fugitive from deportation since 1992, according to two federal law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case.

Onyango Obama, who is from Kenya and is known as the president's Uncle Omar on his father's side, had lived a quiet life in Massachusetts until last Wednesday, when police said the car he was driving darted in front of a police cruiser, nearly causing the officer to hit his car.

The federal officials, who spoke about Obama's immigration status on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about the case, said Obama had been told to leave in 1992, but he did not go.

Obama is the second relative of the president to have defied a deportation order, reigniting debate over illegal immigration and raising questions about how a man who had lived in the United States illegally for years had managed to secure a job, a Massachusetts driver's license, and apparently, a federal Social Security number, without being detected by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/31/obamas_uncle_called_a_fugitive_from_deportation_since_1992/?p1=News_links

Great job. I look forward to your next anti-Obama post. What did Michelle have for lunch?

really elicit raves on FR -- it probably on there now and drawing much attention.

bush allowed hundreds of thousands of people to die based on a lie. bush's wife killed a guy with her car. Sorry, no contest.

I'd give it to a Bush or Nixon just as easily.


Presidents close family is always a potential magnet for those that wish to create a headline or send a message.

on Democrats.

Seems like a real life family that many can relate to on some level.


And I'm normally with the Union line on strong immigration enforcement.

on Dems or the President, negatively , or otherwise. recc'd