Election 2008: What’s At Stake?

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Obama’s Aunt is an Illegal Immigrant. Will Voters Care?

November 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Obama’s Aunt’s Boston apartment building. (AP Photo)
The news hit the Drudge Report yesterday that Barack Obama’s half-aunt, a Kenyan immigrant named Zeituni Onyango, is living in the United States illegally after her application for asylum was rejected. The Times of London “discovered” her in a Boston housing project, where neighbors described her as “living quietly.” [...]

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Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 10/11

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

John McCain and Barack Obama continue attacking one another over immigration, but only in Spanish-language ads. Each accuses the other of stymieing immigration reform.

Chris Hackett, the Republican challenging incumbent Rep. Chris Carney (D-Penn. 10) is attacking his opponent over illegal immigration. This district neighbors the district in which anti-illegal immigration mayor Lou Barletta [...]

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