- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,171,543
The Justice Department has charged two people with conspiracy in an alleged extremist plot to damage Baltimore-areaâ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…B6
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,171,543
More than 1,200 reported dead in Turkey and Syria following powerful earthquake, with thousands more injured cnn.it/3JJh6j7
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,171,543
Viola Davis achieves EGOT status with a Grammy win for the audiobook of her memoir cnn.it/40ySJLd
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,171,543
Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf has died in Dubai, the Pakistani military has said cnn.it/3HxdHBn
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,171,543
The US military has shot down the Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean, a US official says. cnn.it/40tn3Xq
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,171,543
The FAA has issued a ground stop for three airports in the Carolinas for a “national security effort,” as a suspetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…SVqtu9
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 64,171,543
Democrats approve dramatic changes to the 2024 presidential primary calendar, but it’s far from a done dealcnn.it/3HySjf1Bs
CNN POLITICS ON FACEBOOK » | CNN POLITICS ON TWITTER »
Judge rules Obama's aunt can stay in U.S.
President Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt can stay in the United States, a U.S. immigration judge has ruled, ending a more than six-year legal battle over her status.
Judge Leonard Shapiro made the decision Friday, court officials told CNN. Two government sources confirmed Monday that the ruling will give legal status to Zeituni Onyango, allowing her to remain in the country.
Onyango's attorneys plan to hold a press conference at 2 p.m. in Ohio.
Onyango, who is the half-sister of the president's late father, applied for political asylum in 2002 due to violence in her native Kenya. She was a legal resident of the United States at the time and had received a Social Security card a year earlier.
Onyango's asylum request was turned down in 2004, and she has been living in the United States illegally since then. She appealed the rejection of her request twice, but was denied each time and ordered to leave the country.
Judge Shapiro gave Onyango permission to remain in the United States in April 2009 while he considered her case.
In February, Onyango arrived at an immigration court in a wheelchair and testified before the judge for more than two hours, her representative, Amy Cohn, told CNN at the time. Two doctors, including her personal physician, also testified on her behalf. Onyango's medical condition was part of her legal defense against expulsion.
White House officials said during the appeals that Obama was staying out of the matter.
"The president believes that the case should run its ordinary course," the officials said.
Onyango's immigration status came to light in the final days of the 2008 presidential race.
On Twitter
On Twitter
@cnnbrk on Twitter
Are any of you biggets a judge, I didn't think so.
First of all, it's spelled BIGOT! Second, wanting people to obey the law does not make one a bigot or a "redneck". If the illegal immigration law can be ignored for certain classes, then the KKK will challenege other laws that they don't want to obey, etc. etc. etc. If you make allowances for One group you have to make allowances for ALL group.
Do you REALLY want for that to happen??
Has obama anything to do with this decision ?
Bigget? You are in need of an education my friend. Please refrain from protesting in the United States until you receive one!!!!!
yea cause the US is filled with scholars...shut up and gimme a break
Details please! Why does this happen? Why should'nt a President testify at a trial for the former Illinois Governor?
Sometimes the Laws are weighted to power positions.
Wasn't she given a deportation order several years ago? She should have been deported then, but NOOOO her nephew is now the president and we can't go enforcing laws that upset him!
You're obviously an idiot and have no idea how the immigration or appeals process works in this country. This is how the process works. If Obama would of had a hand in it he could of just given her citizenship.
I can't believe how stupid people can be sometimes.
Why? Preferential treatment? Kind of opens the door doesn't it?
The fix is in.
queue the red team and birther rhetoric
why?! for what reason?! b/c she's been here illegally for years? b/c she is the prez's aunt? sad.
All BS !!
Ilegally herel IS Illegal !! no matter who your related to or how long you've been cheating the system and/or the rest of the imagrants that made it here going through the correct and legal process.
You're a sad, sad, sad man. You ever speed? Every drop garbage on the ground? THATS ILLEGAL AND YOU NEED TO BE SHOT!!! ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL AMIRITE?
DOWNTOWNBROWN, "you know what you need to do? Calm. Right. Down. Ten deep breaths, the conservatives aren't gonna take your land or whatever you're freaking out about this week."
To Downtown Brown ( gee, that's original):
This discussion has nothing to do with race. It's about law. And it's about FEDERAL law. Not some minor civil violation. If exceptions are made for some people and not others, then there will be a revolt. Maybe I don't like the Federal Law that states that I have to pay income tax. If I get away with not paying it (for whatever reason) a lot of other people are not going to want to pay their taxes. How do you allow everyone not to pay their taxes or explain to them why I don't have to pay mine, but you do?
That's your analogy? Speeding and littering? What happens when your caught speeding? Thats right, you get a ticket. What happens when your caught littering? Thats right, you receive a citation and fine. Whats happens when your caught living in the United States as an illegal? Well, unless your the Aunt of Barack Obama, you get deported.
Amazing what can happen once your president..A miracle!!!1 6 years fighting and all the sudden she is allowed to stay,,,thank god Obama isn t fromthe middle east or they would be letting more of those dam terrorist come into our country..its bad enough now that they are trying to get bombs on planes again through sneakers and devices in sneakers on dry runs and the government beleives them when they say they had NO IDEA it was in there and lets them go to get it right the next time.
Your existence is sad. This country wouldn't have been what it is had it not been for the brains coming from the middle east. Stupid people like you should get thrown out.
Stupid FAIL!! Learn to spell "ANANYMOUS", then talk about someone being stupid! Although, you do make a good point, stupid people who can't even spell should be kicked out of the country. I vote you first!
OMG, I am in shock!...ha...ha...of course she can stay...she is the President's aunt...she would be a target if she were ever sent home...and don't worry about the welfare payments, etc...I am sure someone will ghost write her story and sell millions worth of books...so she will probably take care of herself without anyone's assistance.
Nazi Zona? Nazi's cause they want illegal immigrants to stop breaking their system. Good logic!
Nazi's said the same things about burning Jews to death, good work!
Comparing asking for citizenship papers....to burning millions of people alive. You are a prime example of blatant retardation. When a mexican shows up in an oven in Arizona.... then you might have a logical comparison. Asking for proof of citizenship is no different than asking for proof of insurance, or proof of a driver's license. When you apply for a job you have to (or are supposed to) prove citizenship. Arizona isn't doing anything wrong.
Love is what we need.
GREAT!!! Give here a new house, Cadillac, a fat check every month, food stamps, bamacare and 17 illegals to take care of her!!! FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!! I LOVE all this CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!
who gets all of that??? your a fool who for some reason loves to be racist!
OKIE THAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT====BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT OBAMA IS TRYING TO DO
Break the law, she gets to stay. Typical of the Obama administration. Stand up for law breakers, tax the law abiding citizens. Enough already...