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[evanovitch]

White House To Review Rule Limiting Immigration Arrests

The White House says it will reconsider an immigration rule requiring agents to get high-level approval before arresting fugitives.

<span style="font-weight: bold">The Bush administration quietly imposed the rule </span>just days before the presidential election. According to a federal document obtained by The Associated Press, the directive from Homeland Security <span style="font-weight: bold">noted concerns that such arrests might generate &quot;negative media or congressional interest</span>.&quot;

<span style="font-style: italic">The directive does not mention President Barack Obama or any member of his extended family. But just hours after it was issued, the AP disclosed that Obama's Kenyan aunt had been living in the U.S. illegally. She had been ordered to leave for years earlier when her asylum request was denied.</span>

The White House says the Obama administration hasn't been briefed on why the directive was issued, but promises it &quot;will be reviewed and revoked if it does not serve the best interests of the American people.&quot;

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[Tuff Gong]

Re: hhmmmmmmmm

That is what he has to do....review it first to see if is good or bad.

[Tuff Gong]

Re: hhmmmmmmmm

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Obama's Aunt To Remain Legally In The Country For Now</span>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">The directive made clear that U.S. officials worried about possible election implications of arresting Onyango, who at the time was living in public housing in Boston. She is now believed to be living in Cleveland.

An immigration judge stayed her deportation order on Dec. 17. The judge reopened her case requesting asylum on Dec. 30, and she has a hearing on April 1 in a Boston immigration court, Elaine Komis, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Executive Office of Immigration Review, said Monday.

<span style="font-weight: bold">Onyango traveled to Washington last week for her nephew's inauguration. News organizations observed her attending an inaugural ball with her immigration lawyer, Margaret Wong</span>.</span>

[Tuff Gong]

Obama's Aunt

<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/03/conservative-group-tries_n_163470.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Conservative Group
Tries To Make Obama's Aunt An Immigration Issue</span></span>ABC
February 3, 2009 10:06 AM</a>

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">ABC News' Jason Ryan reports that officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement has no comment on the arrest request filed by the conservative group ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration) for President Obama to honor his proclamations about upholding the rule of law deporting his Aunt Zeituni Onyango.

&quot;Auntie Zeituni,&quot; as President Obama refers to her in his book Dreams From My Father, is the half sister of Barack Obama Sr., the President's late father. Last Fall, she was discovered by media outlets to be living in public housing in Boston, her 2000 request for asylum having been denied by immigration officials in 2004. She has since moved to Cleveland and renewed her request for asylum.</span>

[jah_yout]

Re: Obama's Aunt

can't he issue a presidential pardon?

[Tuff Gong]

Re: Obama's Aunt

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">can't he issue a presidential pardon? </div></div>
It would be a wrong move...better let it take its natural course.

[Pepper]

Re: Obama's Aunt

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">can't he issue a presidential pardon? </div></div>

that would be political suicide