Obama's Aunt Zeituni Onyango

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/09/obamas-aunt-zeituni-onyango

WBZ-TV in Boston has a priceless interview with President Obama's Boston-based aunt Zeituni Onyango, who for a while was attracting attention as an illegal immigrant living in public housing. Excerpts from the Web write-up:

For two years Onyango said she lived in a homeless shelter, before she was assigned public housing despite thousands of legal residents also awaiting assistance. "I didn't take any advantage of the system. The system took advantage of me."

"I didn't ask for it; they gave it to me. Ask your system. I didn't create it or vote for it. Go and ask your system," she said unapologetically.

In 2004 a judge ordered Zeituni Onyango out of the country, but she never left. She stayed, hiding in plain site. In 2005 she attended her nephew's swearing in as the junior Senator of Illinois. In 2008 she was invited to, and traveled to D.C. for President Obama's inauguration....

Onyango hired a top immigration lawyer from Cleveland to help fight her case. We asked how she afforded that lawyer, when she claimed poverty.

"When you believe in Jesus Christ and almighty God, my help comes from heaven," she responded....She is still living in South Boston public housing, unemployed, and collecting about $700 a month in disability, she says. And now, Zeituni Onlyango is in this country legally.

Thanks to reader-participant-community member-watchdog-content co-creator F. for sending the tip.

by Ira Stoll  |  Sep 21, 2010 at 9:19 am Related Topics:  Immigration, President Obama, Press receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list