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

November 1, 2008 – 3:36 pm

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.” [...]

By Amy Crawford | Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears | Also tagged Boston, Columbia, illegal immigrants, Immigration, McCain, obama | Comments

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