Elise Amendola
Four years ago Obama’s long lost Aunt Zeituni, 56, a Kenyan who has been living quietly in public housing in Boston for the last five years, was turned down by a judge after she asked for political asylum. She stayed on anyway, in defiance of the judge’s ruling, though apparently no crime has been committed. Her offense is considered “an administrative, non-criminal violation of U.S. immigration law, meaning such cases are handled outside the criminal court system,” according to the Associated Press. Zeituni Onyango’s plight is so politically embarrassing, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement issued an emergency order on Tuesday requiring all deportations prior to the presidential election be approved at least at the level of ICE regional directors. Embarrassing or what?