Barack Obama: "If I come as an Immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen."
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Those are the words from 58-year-old Zeituni Onyango of Kenya in a recent exclusive interview with WBZ-TV. Onyango is the aunt of President Barack Obama.
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She lived in the United States illegally for years, receiving public assistance in Boston. 'I KNEW I OVERSTAYED' Aunt Zeituni, as she has come to be known, first surfaced in the public light in 2008, in the final days of the Presidential...
Obama's Aunt: 'United States Has The Obligation To Make Me A Citizen'
Zeituni Onyango is the native Kenya half-sister of President Obama ’s late father who suddenly finds herself back in the media spotlight. Last night, Boston’s WBZ-TV broadcast an interview which is sure to polarize many citizens concerned with the plight of Illegal Immigration in the United States. “If I come as an Immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen,” said Onyango, which is sure to be used over and over again by those looking to embarrass the...
Obama's aunt says US obligated to make her citizen
Boston — President Barack Obama's aunt, who lived for years illegally in Boston, says in her first interview since being granted asylum that the United States has an "obligation" to grant her Citizenship.
Zeituni Onyango (zay-TUH'-nee awn-YAHN'-goh) tells WBZ-TV that she came to the U.S. from Kenya in 2000 but couldn't afford to leave when she was originally denied asylum in 2004. She says she fell critically ill and was hospitalized. When she was discharged, she lived in a Homeless...
Obama's Aunt Says America Took Advantage of Her by Giving Her Free Housing and Healthcare
Aunt Zeituni is living the hard life.
Obama’s Aunt has long been a thorn in the side of the president. Just a week before the Presidential Election people found out Obama’s Aunt Zeituni Onyango was an Illegal Immigrant from Kenya and living off the American welfare system. Instead of being kicked out of the country she was eventually given legal status, and this week complained about her free ride to a CBS News affiliate . Her hubris in the interview was shocking.
Zeituni...
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Boston
— President Barack Obama's aunt, who lived for years illegally in Boston before being granted asylum in May, said the United States has an "obligation" to grant her Citizenship.
"If I come as an immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen," Zeituni Onyango told WBZ-TV in an interview that first aired Monday.
Onyango came to the U.S. from Kenya in 2000 and was denied asylum by an Immigration judge in 2004. She was granted asylum earlier this year by the same judge who...
Obama's Aunt Update: 'The System Took Advantage of Me'
**Written by Doug Powers
The entitlement mentality is strong with this one :
“If I come as an immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen.” Those are the words from 58-year-old Zeituni Onyango of Kenya in a recent exclusive interview with WBZ-TV.
Onyango is the aunt of President Barack Obama. She has been living in the United States illegally for years, receiving public assistance in Boston.
[...]
Zeituni Onyango said she came to the United States in 2000 and had...
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Entitlement mentality personified
President Obama’s Aunt Zeituni, an Illegal Alien until recently, claims that the American system took advantage of her . In fact, this ‘system’ saw that she was hospitalized and treated for an illness and has been supporting her ever since. Where in the world is she going to get that except here? “If I come as an immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen.”
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President Obama's Aunt Zeituni Onyango Says 'The System Took Advantage Of Me'
"If I come as an immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen." Those are the words from 58-year-old Zeituni Onyango of Kenya in a recent exclusive interview with WBZ-TV. Onyango is the aunt of President Barack Obama. She has been living in the United States illegally for years, receiving public assistance in Boston. Aunt Zeituni, as she has come to be known, first surfaced in the public light in 2008, in the final days of the Presidential Election. Then-candidate Obama said that he...
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Related Stories "President Obama, I'm his aunt, I'm the only person on earth allowed to pinch his ears and smack him. Not his father; not his mother; not his wife or brother - he'll fight with him. But Auntie is a much honored person in African culture." This may be the case in Africa, but in the United States the President's Aunt Zeituni Onyango hasn't been revered, but reviled by many. For years she lived illegally in Boston public housing. She's unemployed, receiving nearly $700 a month...
Aunt Zeituni: US Had To Make Me A Citizen
From the Boston CBS affiliate, WBZTV :
Aunt Zeituni: ‘The System Took Advantage Of Me’
September 20, 2010
Boston (WBZ) " If I come as an Immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen ." Those are the words from 58-year-old Zeituni Onyango of Kenya in a recent exclusive interview with WBZ-TV
Who knew? And of course the rest of the country will never hear this interview.
Onyango is the aunt of President Barack Obama. She has been living in the United...
Obama's Aunt Zeituni " We Are 'Obligated' to Make Her a Citizen
Obama’s Illegal Immigrant Aunt Zeituni has spoken and says we are obligated to make her a citizen because, well because she’s an Immigrant. She illegally overstayed her visa, receives welfare and lives in public housing for the last 10 years. Yet, she complains that she, a poor, single black woman was not given help. Later when asked about living in public housing and receiving Disability, she said: Aunt Zeituni: ‘The System Took Advantage Of Me’
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