Another deportation fugitive in the Obama family

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 30, 2011 09:55 AM

Oh, Uncle Omar.

We’ll get to more of him in a moment.

Over the past decade, I’ve reported on America’s bottomless deportation abyss. After the 9/11 attacks, it finally dawned on federal homeland security officials that maybe it wasn’t such a smart policy to allow 400,000 illegal aliens who had been ordered deported to remain on the loose. These absconders who entered the country illegally, evaded judicial deportation orders, and absconded from justice were beneficiaries of a chaotic system clogged by conflicting statutes, incomprehensible administrative regulations, bureaucratic and judicial fiefdoms, selective enforcement, and a feeding frenzy of obstructionist immigration lawyers.

It is a climate which continues to favor illegal aliens’ rights over citizens’ safety.

I’ve reminded you repeatedly about these deportation truths as clueless politicians on both sides of the aisle blabber about “comprehensive immigration reform”/mass amnesty. In July, I pointed you to a Center for Immigration Studies study that updated and underscored many of the deportation fundamentals we’ve stressed over the years:

* A large percentage of aliens flee from removal proceedings – perhaps as many as 59 percent of all those released to await hearings. On a cost basis from the alien’s perspective, this makes sense. If you are in proceedings and have little chance of relief, why not treat the bond money (if it’s even required) as the cost of having been caught, and then flee, hoping to stay under the radar for as long as possible, perhaps until the next amnesty?

* Though fashionable in the Obama administration, the exercise of “prosecutorial discretion” is problematic for ICE field officers. If the alien that they decline to remove goes on to commit a heinous act, they could be subject to lawsuits from victims and will be held accountable by their own agency (even if agency leadership encourages them to use the tool).

* Even in today’s technology-driven world, charging an alien with immigration violations is a paperwork-intensive, cumbersome process that requires agents to fill out nearly 20 different forms each time.

* ICE officers are supposed to consider two key factors in determining whether to detain or release an alien in proceedings – if the alien is a flight risk and if he is a risk to the community. The latter factor obviously is given serious consideration, but it is equally obvious from the large number of absconders that officers don’t give the same weight to the likelihood of flight, especially considering the scarcity of funded detention space.

* The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides for several types of due process for aliens, depending on their circumstances of arrival and stay. The law does not require that all removals be ordered by an immigration judge.

* The option of Voluntary Return, where the alien requests to be returned home in lieu of formal removal proceedings, is not really “voluntary,” but is beneficial to the alien because it carries fewer consequences if the alien returns illegally. It also has become subject to overuse or misuse in recent years as a tool to increase the volume of removals, at the expense of more formal methods of removal that have more deterrent value.

* Immigration law provides for seven ways to remove an alien, which are explained in the report. Four of these options are relatively efficient, but used less frequently. If ICE chose to expand their use, the workload of the immigration court could be reduced and the immigration enforcement system would be less dysfunctional.

* The total number of apprehensions of illegal aliens by immigration enforcement agencies is less than half of what it was five years ago. For instance, the drop in apprehensions by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is often explained by improvements in border security; however, this rationale is suspect, as has been pointed out by the Rand Corp. in a study of border metrics. But ICE apprehensions also have dropped steeply, although there has been only a modest drop in the size of the illegal population inside the United States.

When the White House began issuing its deportation waivers last week, I reminded you again about the endless appeals process and immigration litigation lottery played by deportable aliens and their open-borders lawyers. And remember: Capitol Hill compounds the problem with a raft of special private relief bills that protect illegal alien criminals.

This chaos creates a friendly atmosphere in which those who plot to destroy the American dream can hide, work, and flourish. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that awoke snoozing feds to the nexus between systemic lax immigration enforcement and compromised homeland security, the paparazzi president has nothing to say about the deportation abyss. We’ll get photo ops and platitudes about never forgetting. The open-borders lobby will get a continuing windfall of get-out-of-deportation passes.

In November 2008, Barack Obama’s unemployed illegal alien aunt who had been living in public housing for years received special dispensation from the Bush administration despite evading deportation orders for years. Despite failing to win an asylum bid and despite ignoring a judicial determination that she return home, Zeituni Onyango won another bid in the immigration court system. In May 2010, the unemployed illegal alien deportation fugitive won her case and remains in the country today — free to moan and whine about how badly America has treated her while living on the taxpayers’ dime.

And then came Uncle Omar. The brother of Auntie Zeituni and half-brother of President Obama’s father, “Omar” Obama Onyango was arrested for drunk driving last week (h/t to Michael Graham) and is being detained on an immigration detainer. He did have a job, unlike his sister. It was, alas, at a liquor store. The Boston Herald reports today that the uncle (whom Obama referred to in his best-selling “Dreams of My Father” as “Uncle Omar”) “had a valid Social Security number for at least 19 years, despite being an illegal immigrant ordered to be deported back to Kenya.”

The Herald further adds:

Mike Rogers, a spokesman for Cleveland immigration attorney Margaret Wong, who is representing Onyango, said he “wouldn’t know how” Onyango obtained a Social Security number. Wong is the same lawyer who represented the president’s aunt, Zeituni Onyango, in her fight to win asylum last year. Reached at her apartment in a South Boston public housing complex yesterday, Zeituni Onyango said of her brother’s arrest: “Why don’t you go to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C., and ask your president? Not me.” She then hung up on a reporter.

The bust came just days after another illegal immigrant was charged with running down and killing a 23-year-old man in Milford.

Asked about the issue yesterday, Gov. Deval Patrick said: “You know my stance: Illegal is illegal. We need comprehensive immigration reform.”

More nonsense and pabulum from America’s open-borders know-nothings. They’ve turned the American Dream on its head. Entry into this country is no longer treated as a privilege, but an irrevocable right for every last griping Zeituni and reckless Omar.

***

Doug Powers cracks: “If the president was serious about rounding up illegals he’d host a family reunion and have ICE throw a net over the South Lawn.”

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  1. #1
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:04 am, Truesoldier said:

    I’m just waiting to hear that “Uncle Omar” was just accepted to attend UMass and receive one of the coveted WH Dream Waivers…

  2. #2
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:05 am, peteee said:

    the funniest part of obama’s billy moment is, he does nothing for anybody in his own family, yet tells us he knows what is best for us. typical liberal, they always tell us what we need to do, and how we should do it, but never do anything for themself.
    the alien invasion that krugman wants to happen, already has, only they didn’t come on spaceships. they came here, with jets, boats, and cars. and unlike the aliens in movies, these ones are hard to spot, since they are visible in plain sight, if anybody would bother to look. how does this guy live here for 25 years, or more, and nobody can find him. the guy had a valid drivers license, and even a social security card. i wonder if he had a voters card?

  3. #3
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:08 am, William Amos said:

    Actually Michelle this is more important what Deval Patrick said about that Illegal Alien who ran down that pedestrian.

    Boston.com

    “It’s a terrible, terrible tragedy,’’ Patrick said at the end of a news conference about preparations for Hurricane Irene. But, he added, “Illegal immigration didn’t kill this person. A drunk driver killed this person, and we have laws about that. And I expect the book to be thrown at this person.’’

  4. #4
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:09 am, cheapseat said:

    Doug; LOL. Just another example of how illegal immigrants get legal documents in this country, and VOTE.
    States better pay attention to fake id web sites on the internet,as identities including passports are being sold, and used. The only valid i.d. is a fingerprint. Put it on checks, i.d.s, welfare payments, voting, etc. NO MORE IDENTITY THEFT. NO MORE INSURANCE FRAUD. NO MORE VOTE FRAUD.

  5. #5
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:13 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    And we are again going to have to choose between open borders Romney, open borders Perry, or open borders Obama?

    There is another way but people have to find the courage to use both hands when they vote.

  6. #6
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:13 am, cheapseat said:

    btw, LIKE FATHER LIKE UNCLE. Didn’t Obama’s dad die in a drunk driving accident, after losing his legs in a previous drunk driving accident. Tales of my father and uncle.

  7. #7
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:15 am, NavyTim said:

    I think Breibart should look into whether he was a registered voter – - and his voting record.

    Also – I wonder if Uncle Omar was driving one of the “Listening Tour” buses during the 3 day event before vacation?

  8. #8
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:21 am, Truesoldier said:

    * Even in today’s technology-driven world, charging an alien with immigration violations is a paperwork-intensive, cumbersome process that requires agents to fill out nearly 20 different forms each time.

    No kidding. My office went “paperless” a few years back. Now we have to file more paperwork to provide as backup copies of all the electronic files we have. Not only do we have to file hard copies (paper copies) of the e-files, we have to file documentation as to when the file was created in the computer, file an update everytime there is a change in status of the e-file, and file paperwork when the e-file is closed out and archived.

  9. #9
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:22 am, rike101 said:

    MA Gov Deval Patrick is a liar. He refuses to participate in “Secure Communities”, and when the 23 year old in Milford was killed, his response was that it was a drunk driving issue, not an illiegal immigrant issue. He makes me sick.

  10. #10
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:22 am, Ray said:

    When asked if Onyango would like to make a phone call, he replied: ” I think I will call the White House.”

    How cute.

  11. #11
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:24 am, Truesoldier said:

    I wonder if there will be any investigation (or investigative journalism) into the SSN issue?

  12. #12
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:27 am, mamajen said:

    This all makes me so furious. My husband and I have spent several years, hundreds of dollars and lots of stress for him to immigrate legally from England. Once he was here, we had to wait a while before he could legally work. He has been eligible for citizenship for a while now, but we cannot afford it. I used to joke that it would have been cheaper and easier for him to just overstay a visa or come up through Mexico. To some extent I feel like we shouldn’t complain since we knew what we were getting into…but when you hear about so many others just thumbing their noses at the whole thing, it makes you wonder if you’re stupid for doing things properly. I kind of want all our money back.

  13. #13
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:28 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:21 am, Truesoldier said:

    Someone there is not getting the concept. I work in an office that went from paper-intensive to paperless in the past two years and we are virtually paperless these days other than presentation materials. We got rid of almost all of our filing cabinets. Everything gets scanned, sorted and filed.

    And I work in the highly-regulated investment industry. I can’t imagine why you would need to keep hard copies of anything but a very few official documents.

  14. #14
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:29 am, letget said:
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:24 am, Truesoldier said:

    Probably about the same as looking into bho’s ssn! There have been people trying to get to the bottom of bho’s, but as with almost everything about bho, it gets scrubbed from public record?
    L

  15. #15
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:29 am, Truesoldier said:

    Here is some more interesting stuff on “Uncle Omar“:

    Mr Obama’s landlady is believed to have taken him to court to evict him in 2000 because he had not paid his $500-per-month rent.
    He was also a partner in a convenience store business that opened in 1992.

  16. #16
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:29 am, hawkeye54 said:

    I’m just waiting to hear that “Uncle Omar” was just accepted to attend UMass and receive one of the coveted WH Dream Waivers…

    His major field of study will be constitutional law, no doubt.

  17. #17
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:30 am, RedDog said:

    “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” = Blanket Amnesty. We absolutely need rational enforcement of existing laws. If the pols want to clarify and simplify the laws and regs, that’s fine. The illegals must be deported, or in some rare specific cases, given amnesty.

    There are stautes of limitations on crimes, I recognize that. But you don’t give blanket amnesty to huge numbers of people breaking into the country for solely economic or overtly criminal reasons.

    America does not need any more disaffected Mexican laborers. If anything we need Asian and European engineers and scientists. Open those gates for a while. But then the real driver here is to increase the roles of taxpayers and voters who will keep Socialists in power. Right?

  18. #18
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:30 am, Truesoldier said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:28 am, Pasadena Phil said:
    Someone there is not getting the concept.

    Did I forget to mention that I work in a Federal office?

  19. #19
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:30 am, hawkeye54 said:

    I wonder if there will be any investigation (or investigative journalism) into the SSN issue?

    Only if a link to Perry, Palin or Romney could be found.

  20. #20
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:31 am, Flyoverman said:

    If I were the defense attorney of a US citizen charged with fraudulent use of a Social Security number, I would have a field day.

    I do not see how anyone can be punished for this crime now.

  21. #21
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:31 am, RedDog said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:24 am, Truesoldier said:
    I wonder if there will be any investigation (or investigative journalism) into the SSN issue?

    You mean Obama’s own Connecticut SSN issue?

  22. #22
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:32 am, William Amos said:

    http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52477281-78/mullahkhel-indictment-snap-fraud.html.csp

    An Afghan immigrant who owns a Salt Lake City convenience store and several of his relatives indicted for stealing as much as $1.3 million from the government by converting customers’ food stamp benefits into cash they pocketed pleaded not guilty to the allegations Monday in U.S. District Court.

    U.S. Magistrate Brooke C. Wells set a tentative two-week trial date of Nov. 1 for defendants Muhammed “Omar” Mullahkhel, 59; Ajmal “AJ” Omar Mullahkhel, 24; Bilqis Shahnaz Mullahkhel, 26; Nargas Parwana Mullahkhel, 28; and Abdul Subur “Mumtaz” Mullahkhel, 35.

    On a business application to participate in the food stamp program Mullahkhel estimated annual food sales eligible for purchase with a SNAP card at $175,000. But AJ’s Kwik Mart redeemed more than $1.3 million in food stamp benefits from December 2007 through February 2011, the indictment states.

  23. #23
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:32 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:30 am, Truesoldier said:

    Got it! They probably even created a brand new department and new hires to man this new efficiency initiative. No one ever gets laid off in the “federal family”.

  24. #24
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:33 am, hawkeye54 said:

    “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” = Blanket Amnesty.

    Yup. When it should have always been and should now be “Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement.”

    More than ever.

  25. #25
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:36 am, William Amos said:

    Illegal Foodstamp Fraud Part 2

    Two Oklahoma City convenience store owners have been sentenced to two years in federal prison for food stamp fraud.

    Muluneh Zeleke, 55, of Oklahoma City, also was ordered to pay $966,416 in restitution to the U.S. Agriculture Department. He is the owner of Z&Z Convenience Store at 2445 Martin Luther King Ave.

    The other convenience story owner, Muhammad Zahid, 28, of Edmond, was sentenced last week. Zahid was ordered to pay $326,307 in restitution.

  26. #26
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:37 am, Yumpin Yoda said:

    Ah yes, the Obama family.

    Some would say that they have skeletons in their closet.

    Illegals, drunks, womanizers, bigamists and racists.
    How proud they must be.

  27. #27
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:37 am, Truesoldier said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:32 am, Pasadena Phil said:
    Got it! They probably even created a brand new department and new hires to man this new efficiency initiative. No one ever gets laid off in the “federal family”.

    Believe it or not they didn’t hire anyone new. Of course that might be because over the previous two fiscal years (fiscal years 09 and 10) the hospital hired 300 more staff then they were supposed to. Now the new Hospital commander is trying to figure out how to get rid of the 300 extra people. He is trying to weed out the ones that are just here for a paycheck, but he is running into a brick wall as a lot of the management has been utterly lazy and has not created the neccessary paper trail needed.

  28. #28
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:37 am, William Amos said:

    Illegal Foodstamp Fraud part 3

    A former 7-Eleven franchisee in Rhode Island has been accused of taking food stamp benefits for cash at his Providence convenience store. A complaint unsealed yesterday in US District Court in Providence says Syed Shah, 43, charged customers about $30 to $40 in food stamps for every $50 they sought in cash. The complaint does not disclose how much investigators believe Shah fraudulently pocketed in food stamp benefits. Investigators say food stamp redemptions at his store rose from $228,000 in 2008 to nearly $1 million last year.

  29. #29
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:43 am, Truesoldier said:

    The brother of Auntie Zeituni and half-brother of President Obama’s father, “Omar” Obama Onyango was arrested for drunk driving over the weekend

    I wonder if Obama will claim that the Mass Police officer acter stupidly when arresting his Uncle?

  30. #30
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:45 am, John Deaux said:

    He sure is photogenic. Maybe Abercrombie or Calvin Klein could get him an H1-b.

  31. #31
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:46 am, Marshall_Will said:

    MM said:

    He did have a job, unlike his sister. It was, alas, at a liquor store.

    Res Ipsa Loquitor! Good Lord, was that part of his compensation? Assimilation thru Inebriation!

  32. #32
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:48 am, jamesgreenidge said:

    The math is simple if you REALLY want to kill two birds with one stone:

    1 DEPORTED job-stealing illegal alien = 1 employed black American off welfare and contributing to tax rolls.

    Can’t get more simple and easy and beneficial than that!

    James Greenidge
    Queens NY

  33. #33
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:55 am, Paratus said:

    I’ll take Mrs. Cakes line now.
    ILMC in 3..2..1..

  34. #34
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:57 am, BOB said:

    If Obama was serious about illegal immigration he would deport himself.

  35. #35
    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:57 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Am I my brother’s keeper? @#$% no!

  36. #36
    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:00 am, peteee said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:29 am, Truesoldier said:

    ever notice how most of these actual journalist researched stories are from foreign sources? shows how our media is so far up obama’s bum, only a colon exam of obama will show thier photos.

  37. #37
    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:02 am, DonkeyHoatie said:

    So now Uncle Omar has committed a crime. Two crimes, actually: both SSN fraud and drunk driving. That means that he’s gotten around the President’s policy of not deporting people who haven’t committed any crimes.

    Ball’s in your court, Mr. President. Show us your character. Please.

  38. #38
    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:07 am, Darthnoob said:

    He had a valid driver’s liscense and a vaild SSN as an illegal alien? We need to know if was registered to vote! NOW!

  39. #39
    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:11 am, Dave Turson said:

    Just another “all in the family” reason why Obama was so eager to give illegal aliens driver’s licenses in 2008.

  40. #40
    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:14 am, hawkeye54 said:

    1 DEPORTED job-stealing illegal alien = 1 employed black American off welfare and contributing to tax rolls.

    Yeah but you get a black American off welfare and contributing to tax rolls, then you get a self-sufficient worker who no longer is part of the government dependant voting bloc of the democrat party. Might also get an eye opener on taxes they are paying to support those feeding on the government trough and figure out the dems are working against them.

    Too risky a proposal…better to win the loyalty of illegals allowed to stay here and keep the loyalty of those fed at the government trough.

  41. #41
    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:15 am, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

    How interesting that this old drunk just happens to have the same attorney that the old welfare queen Aunt Zetunie had!

    Wow

    What a suprise!

    How exactly is it that this attorney just happens to be on the old drunks speed dial?

  42. #42
    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:21 am, FilAmWIguy said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:27 am, mamajen said:

    This all makes me so furious. My husband wife and I have spent several years, hundreds thousands of dollars and lots of stress for him her to immigrate legally from England Philippines. Once she was here, we had to wait a while before he could legally work. She has been eligible for citizenship for a while now, but we cannot afford it. I used to joke that it would have been cheaper and easier for him her to just overstay a visa or come up through Mexico. To some extent I feel like we shouldn’t complain since we knew what we were getting into…but when you hear about so many others just thumbing their noses at the whole thing, it makes you wonder if you’re stupid for doing things properly. I kind of want all our money back.

    Modified to reflect the sentiments of my wife and I with one addition.

    All three of my children were born before my wife could apply and acquire citizenship. By the understood definition of a natural-born citizen, they are not eligible for the office of the President or VP of the USA.

    I want resolution to all of this eligibility issue so I can honestly tell my children what they can shoot for in life. If they are DNQ, then Jindal, Rubio and Obama are also out.

    Are we a nation that follows the rule of law, or have we become as big of a joke as the Philippine government?

  43. #43
    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:24 am, Peter Hughes said:

    Yoda said:

    Some would say that they have skeletons in their closet.

    Illegals, drunks, womanizers, bigamists and racists.

    I knew there was a reason why the Kennedys liked SnObama…

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  44. #44
    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:40 am, Dave Turson said:

    It appears that Gov. Dukakis made it possible for Obama’s uncle to live the American dream.

  45. #45
    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:46 am, txvet2 said:

    “As in our country’s first 150 years, there shouldn’t be any immigration policy at all. We should welcome everyone who wants to come here and work.”

    Ron Paul, 1988.

  46. #46
    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:47 am, Marshall_Will said:

    FilAmWIguy said:

    Are we a nation that follows the rule of law, or have we become as big of a joke as the Philippine government?

    Believe me I understand your frustration. I went thru all that in P.I in the 80′s. Greasing palms officially of course, every step of the way.

    Still, I’ve come to view the Philippine Gov’t in at least as a high a regard as our own. Had there been an OOC fake housing ‘boom’ the offending banks surely would have been allowed to FAIL ( Read actual Capitalism )

    As you noted, their currency isn’t in a freefall and flashing yankee greenbacks doesn’t exactly ‘impress’. They’ve HAD their run-in w/ Totalitarian Control, Martial Law and Crony-capitalism and said no thanks. Again,

    Tea Party = People’s Power! ( Maybe we should switch to Yellow t-shirts for 2012? ) Just a thought!

  47. #47
    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:55 am, happyscrapper said:

    Whose SS card was he using…one of Barack’s spares?

    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:02 am, DonkeyHoatie said:
    Ball’s in your court, Mr. President. Show us your character. Please.

    Using “balls” and “Mr. President” in the same sentence…ROFLMAO!! Hilarious!

  48. #48
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:04 pm, happyscrapper said:

    I wonder if the POTUS is embarrassed by all of this! He should be! His family is made up of a bunch of illegal aliens who live off the dole. They have forged documents, probably VOTE, and this is O.K. with our POTUS? What kind of schmuck do we have “in charge” of this nation? I am continually appalled by what we have become. The trash in the white house MUST be taken out before the stench permeates the whole place. The office of the POTUS used to command respect and used to be an example of what you should aspire to. It has been seriously infiltrated and corrupted.

    The entire Obama extended family is from Kenya. I believe someone got Obama out of there and got him educated, but he WASN’T BORN IN THIS COUNTRY! The secrecy, the lies, the cover-ups, the unbelievable incompetence of this man, and all his illegal relatives. He’s got some ‘splainin’ to do!!

  49. #49
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:10 pm, Southpaw said:

    This guy Obama Onyango sounds like a good affirmative action candidate for Harvard Law school.

    An African illegal immigrant liquor store employee?
    Diversity doesn’t get any better than that.

  50. #50
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:14 pm, Dave Turson said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:46 am, txvet2 said:
    “As in our country’s first 150 years, there shouldn’t be any immigration policy at all. We should welcome everyone who wants to come here and work.”
    Ron Paul, 1988.

    That 1988 quote does not fit Ron Paul’s position today. Here’s what Paul said in 2007:

    Q: When you ran for president in 1988, you said, “As in our country’s first 150 years, there shouldn’t be any immigration policy at all. We should welcome everyone who wants to come here and work.” You’ve changed your view.
    A: And during that campaign I got into trouble with Libertarians because I said there may well be a time when immigration is like an invasion and we have to treat it differently. My approach to immigration is somewhat different than the others. Mine is you deal with it economically. We’re in worse shape now because we subsidize immigration. We give food stamps, Social Security, free medical care, free education and amnesty. So you subsidize it, and you have a mess. Conditions have changed. And I think this means that we should look at immigration differently. It’s an economic issue more than anything. If our economy was in good health, I don’t think there’d be an immigration problem. We’d be looking for workers and we would be very generous.
    Source: Meet the Press: 2007 “Meet the Candidates” series Dec 23, 2007

  51. #51
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:18 pm, GladzKravtz said:

    The extended Obama family is merely a reflection of how our president feels for this country. They have no respect for this country.
    Their respect is for the power held over this country.

    (Call me small minded but the lack of an ever so small flag lapel pin was my early tip-off.)

  52. #52
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:18 pm, rightasrain said:

    OT, but someone mentioned “balls” and our pResident in the same sentence so I thought I’d put my 2 cents in. And she still threw it better than Obambi:

    http://www.foxsportswest.com/08/29/11/Blind-woman-throws-out-first-pitch/landing_dodgers.html?blockID=555478&feedID=7972&gt1=39002

  53. #53
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:19 pm, DonkeyHoatie said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:55 am, happyscrapper said:

    Using “balls” and “Mr. President” in the same sentence…ROFLMAO!! Hilarious!

    Balls and Mr. Obama are always together. Golf balls, basketballs, grand balls, bowling balls (remember that remark?), and of course, Hillary’s balls. We can’t really say baseballs because he’s proven time and again that he’s clueless about the Great American Pastime.

  54. #54
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:32 pm, Truesoldier said:

    O/T…Rush is mentioning how one year ago Obama claimed he would have a jobs plan when he got back from vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard.

    President Barack Obama, in an Aug. 29, 2010 interview with NBC’s Brian Williams, said he would propose a plan for jobs and economic growth when he returned from his summer vacation, the same claim he made after returning from his vacation this year.

    “We anticipated that the recovery was slowing – the economy is still growing, but it’s not growing as fast as it needs to. I’ve got things right now before Congress that we should move immediately, and I said so before I went on vacation, and I’ll keep on saying it now that I’m back,” Obama told Williams when asked if he had a jobs plan.

    “There are a whole host of measures we could take – no single element of which is a magic bullet – but cumulatively can start continuing to build momentum for the recovery,” he said.

    The promise of a plan echoes a similar promise Obama made on Monday, saying that in the coming week he would present concrete proposals that would spur hiring and economic growth.

    If the GOP does not turn this into a commercail then they really do not have a clue what they are doing.

  55. #55
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:33 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Illegal immigration didn’t kill this person. A drunk driver killed this person, and we have laws about that.

    LOL, what an absolute ‘tard. We have laws about immigration too–that’s why it’s called ‘illegal‘.

  56. #56
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:41 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:32 pm, Truesoldier said:
    O/T…Rush is mentioning how one year ago Obama claimed he would have a jobs plan when he got back from vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard.

    This is a great article about why Oblamer can’t (or won’t) support a real jobs plan.

  57. #57
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:42 pm, spaceycakes said:

    mamajen said:

    mrcakes had to jump through many hoops on the road to citizenship. But he’s an employed, tax-paying South African immigrant.

    Oh, and by the way, mamajen–if there is ever ‘blanket’ amnesty, the blanket will be too small to cover anyone from the UK, Sweden, Iceland, South Africa, Poland, etc, etc
    You wait & see.

  58. #58
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:43 pm, spaceycakes said:

    DonkeyHoatie said:

    I’ve always kind of wondered why he hasn’t started playing cricket on the WH lawn.

  59. #59
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:52 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:41 pm, Dexter Alarius said:
    This is a great article about why Oblamer can’t (or won’t) support a real jobs plan.

    Great article. Here is what I expect to see by this time next year. There will be a massive hiring (by executive order) within the Federal governement. These jobs will be created to reduce unemployment and could even be made as a temporary term postion not to exceed 6 months.

  60. #60
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:53 pm, right_on said:

    Hey, Open Borders types…let’s bring in some more untalented, useless, uneducated, drag on society types, whose only joys in life are to eat, drink, drive, and be merry, on the taxpayer’s dollars. “We don’t need no stinking jobs!” What a great legacy to leave America’s yet to mature youth.

    The same crowd that proclaims that the U.S. is evil, and bad, opens it’s welcoming arms for those seeking a better life. NO, not for freedom, but for the freebies! And…NO ACCOUNTABILITY! I think they need to sing a different tune:

    “Come to America…the NEW Sweden (except for the blondes!)”

    And, as a bonus;

    “Socialism: done the American way…without the gulags (so far!)

    The liberal/progressives don’t want educated people to become citizens. They want the ignorant…to become “subjects.” That’s how they roll!

  61. #61
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:53 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:43 pm, spaceycakes said:
    I’ve always kind of wondered why he hasn’t started playing cricket on the WH lawn.

    That’s easy to answer with another question…Hav eyou ever seen his golf swing?

  62. #62
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:53 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Paratus said #33

    LOL
    I’m sure it’s digging through websites to attach a completely idiotic link.

  63. #63
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:54 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Truesoldier–
    no, I don’t look at him.

  64. #64
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:54 pm, puhiawa said:

    I think he was what was in mind when the NYT suggested affirmative action for ugly people.

  65. #65
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:55 pm, right_on said:

    BTW- Why did they print a zombie photo of Uncle Omar?

    Because it represents the supporters of the Democrat Party?

  66. #66
    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:58 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    GladzKravtz said:

    What keeps striking me between the eyes on this one is, was this your ‘dream’ Omar? To come to America and all these years later ( you’re still working as a cashier/stocker at a liquor store? )

    Wow, wouldn’t our/his forefathers be proud? Don’t we have plenty of people right here in this country that are perfectly qualified to ring up a fifth of Jack?

  67. #67
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:00 pm, JamieD said:

    I just want to know … since he has a social security number and driver’s license …where is the birth certificate?

  68. #68
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:00 pm, Green eyed Lady said:

    Obama’s Uncle and his phony documents

    Kerry Picket of the Washington Times, covers the efforts of Boston Herald columnist, talk show host, and national treasure Howie Carr to get to the bottom of Uncle Omar’s phony documentation. On his show, Carr said:

    “According to the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles he has a valid driver’s license and you can’t get a valid driver’s license, supposedly, unless you have a social security number. And I asked them (RMV), ‘Well how the hell did he get a license if he never had a social security number? Maybe I’m just a little mister naive.’ But they said that they couldn’t tell me because he had the license for at least 20 years, so he had gotten it back in their pre-computer days.”

    Pressing on, Carr discovered:

    Massachusetts welfare workers assigned hundreds of dummy Social Security numbers to illegal immigrants to enable them to receive millions of dollars in state benefits.Federal officials said Wednesday, there’s nothing illegal about it. But Gov. Michael Dukakis says it’s got to stop because it goes against his new efforts to crack down on aid to illegal aliens, which he says the state can no longer afford.The practice started after Dukakis issued a 1985 executive order barring state agencies from asking people applying for state services about their citizenship status.But citizens or not, the computerized welfare records required a case identification number for each person, and that had to be a nine-digit number since for most people the ID is the same as their Social Security number.

    The effort to ease illegal immigrants into the mainstream with phony documentation thus has the fingerprints of a Democrat presidential nominee. Uncle Omar’s nephew now sits in the White House. Perhaps the president can be asked to comment on his uncle’s ability to evade the law, and the role of the official blind to immigration status embodied in his own policies, such as sanctuary cities.

    Thank God, Uncle Omar didn’t kill anyone, while driving drunk.

    Update: AP reports that ICE had an existing deportation or removal order, but for reasons not apparent, was able to live his documented life. The White House has had no comment.

    Update: By strange coincidence, Barack Obama and his uncle both were Massachusetts residents in the late 1980s, while some interesting questions have been raised about the president’s Social Security number. Don’t expect any of the journalists leaking Rick Perry’s college transcript or investigating Michele Bachmann’s husband’s psychology practice, to be intrigued.
    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/08/obamas_uncle_and_his_phony_documents.html

  69. #69
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:04 pm, txvet2 said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 12:14 pm, Dave Turson said:

    People here are still beating Perry over the head for being a Democrat in 1988, although he changed parties in 1989. Ron Paul hasn’t changed position. He’s just changed rhetoric:

    If our economy was in good health, I don’t think there’d be an immigration problem. We’d be looking for workers and we would be very generous.

  70. #70
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:12 pm, JamieD said:

    Comments sure seem to get jammed up. Droid has been showing 65 and the website has been showing 59 for over 15 minutes.

  71. #71
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:14 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    Green eyed Lady said:

    But citizens or not, the computerized welfare records required a case identification number for each person, and that had to be a nine-digit number since for most people the ID is the same as their Social Security number.

    Or… in essence a de-facto, State-issued ‘encrypted’ Social Security number. Good digging as always GEL!

  72. #72
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:16 pm, knucklehead said:

    Someone here will correct me if I’m wrong, but I seem to remember that after pRez obummer had his first physical as pRez it was reported that he was in generally good health but the doctors recommended that he cut back on the booze. I was amazed that was made public, since virtually nothing about obummer is on public record (transcripts, etc.). I’m not aware of anything else being made public regarding his health. Anyway, it seems that boozing it up is a common family practice with the obummers.

  73. #73
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:22 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Illegals, drunks, womanizers, bigamists and racists.
    How proud they must be.

    Can’t the poor Kennedys rest in peace? Oh, you meant the Obama family…

  74. #74
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:22 pm, spaceycakes said:

    ‘No I didn’t have a drink’
    —Clarence/It’s a Wonderful Life

  75. #75
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:23 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Is America great or what? The President has someone else’s SSN, and his illegal Uncle has a genuine SSN.

    When is the brother-in-hut going to show up and get a job working for the Federal government?

  76. #76
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:25 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Anyway, it seems that boozing it up is a common family practice with the obummers.

    When you were a doper in high school and college, being a boozer is considered an improvement.

  77. #77
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:26 pm, FilAmWIguy said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 11:47 am, Marshall_Will said:

    FilAmWIguy said:

    Are we a nation that follows the rule of law, or have we become as big of a joke as the Philippine government?

    Believe me I understand your frustration. I went thru all that in P.I in the 80′s. Greasing palms officially of course, every step of the way.

    Still, I’ve come to view the Philippine Gov’t in at least as a high a regard as our own. Had there been an OOC fake housing ‘boom’ the offending banks surely would have been allowed to FAIL ( Read actual Capitalism )

    As you noted, their currency isn’t in a freefall and flashing yankee greenbacks doesn’t exactly ‘impress’. They’ve HAD their run-in w/ Totalitarian Control, Martial Law and Crony-capitalism and said no thanks. Again,

    Tea Party = People’s Power! ( Maybe we should switch to Yellow t-shirts for 2012? ) Just a thought!

    So is that a commentary on how far the USA government has fallen or how the Phils has made baby steps to improve?

    As for the allowing places to fail, the people would have their heads if they bailed places out. In some cases, that would be literal. Here the people have become too apathetic. Hopefully that is changing.

    As for the Yellow T-shirts, is that to counter the brown shirts or to convey that we’re tired of being peed on?

  78. #78
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:32 pm, HarryBailey said:
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:16 pm, knucklehead said:
    Someone here will correct me if I’m wrong, but I seem to remember that after pRez obummer had his first physical as pRez it was reported that he was in generally good health but the doctors recommended that he cut back on the booze. I was amazed that was made public, since virtually nothing about obummer is on public record (transcripts, etc.). I’m not aware of anything else being made public regarding his health. Anyway, it seems that boozing it up is a common family practice with the obummers.

    Actually the doctors recommended that Obama “stick with moderation in alcohol consumption” which would appear to indicate that he does not have a problem with alcohol.

  79. #79
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:38 pm, malkin_fan said:

    How pathetic that a president has 2(so far) illegal aliens for relatives.

    How much lower can the voters of this country sink. 2012 will tell.

  80. #80
    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:52 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 10:36 am, William Amos said:

    Illegal Foodstamp Fraud Part 2

    Two Oklahoma City convenience store owners have been sentenced to two years in federal prison for food stamp fraud.

    Muluneh Zeleke, 55, of Oklahoma City, also was ordered to pay $966,416 in restitution to the U.S. Agriculture Department. He is the owner of Z&Z Convenience Store at 2445 Martin Luther King Eastern Ave.

    FIFY

  81. #81
    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Patronedheart said:

    I’m just waiting for Obummer to commit a crime so we can finally deport him for being an illegal. Oh yea, I forgot about the “birth certificate” he fabricated produced. Don’t you have to have a BC to get a license? Didn’t Uncle Omar get a valid driver’s license? Hmm….

  82. #82
    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:04 pm, Patronedheart said:

    My apologies…he had a valid ssn, not dl. I work nights and have yet to wake up!
    Either way, it’s interesting he was able to get one, just like Obummer was able to get a BC. Just sayin.

  83. #83
    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:08 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    My friend is an American born in Colorado. When her American husband died, she met a new fellow several years later who was a citizen of Mexico. When they decided to marry, they started down the legal immigration road. She told me she had to pay $7000 just to get him out of Mexico. She said she paid people in ICE for certain documents but she was afraid to tell me too much and she said she was told by ICE officials that she “could get in trouble” if she told anybody about bribes. Her husband had to bribe Mexican officials to get the paperwork to process. After 7 years, he is her husband now with a green card. She told me that she and her husband cannot go to Mexico to see his parents as the area where they live has been overrun with criminal Federal police and drug dealers. Any liberal progressive who continues to think we can allow Mexicans to cross our borders at will is a traitor. Think about these things in 2012 and vote them all out.

  84. #84
    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:11 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Patronedheart said:
    Don’t you have to have a BC to get a license? Didn’t Uncle Omar get a valid driver’s license? Hmm….

    Sure you do, but in some states (like WA ST) it does not mean you have to be a US citizen with a US BC.

  85. #85
    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:18 pm, wren said:

    You have to see this video of her interview on WBZ to believe the sense of entitlement that President Obama’s Aunt Zeituni has. It is really over the top.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=7XIXW23QzTw

    Here are some choice quotes from Aunt Zeituni’s video:

    “If I come as an immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen.”

    “I didn’t ask for it. They gave it to me.”

    “I didn’t take advantage of the system. The system took advantage of me.”

    “My help comes from heaven.”

    “It’s a free country. A country under God.”

    “This country is owned by almighty God.”

    “You have to give me my rights. Just like any other person’s rights.”

    When are we going to stop letting ILLEGAL aliens take advantage of us and our country?

    We need to make ending ILLEGAL immigration a top issue in all 2011 and 2012 elections!

  86. #86
    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:24 pm, Hiraghm said:

    Megyn Kelly (I prefer Martha McCallum) had a segment on the floods in New Jersey. They showed several of the devastated natives (strange how they all appeared to be poor people), and the last one they showed cried and moaned about losing her home of 22 years in a thick hispanic accent.

    I lost what little sympathy I had at that point. Sure, she could be a legal resident or even a citizen… and I could become President…

  87. #87
    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:25 pm, sparethoughts said:

    This is so not right! Refugee families wait for years to get a visa then jumping through the hurdles requires a sponsor’s or agency’s help for at least 3-6 months. Think how hard it is for those of us who speak English and deal with forms all the time! I am well educated and I still get so confused and miss things that must be done. And to find affordable housing. Not!

  88. #88
    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:25 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 1:00 pm, JamieD said:
    I just want to know … since he has a social security number and driver’s license …where is the birth certificate?

    I’m sure the person who produced Barack’s can get one for his Unc!!

  89. #89
    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:31 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:25 pm, sparethoughts said:
    This is so not right! Refugee families wait for years to get a visa then jumping through the hurdles requires a sponsor’s or agency’s help for at least 3-6 months.

    A friend of mine told me a story of an Australian man who tried to immigrate legally to the US. He lived in Seattle and after nearly 10 years and countless thousands of $’s spent on lawyers, paperwork fees, etc. he finally said screw it and moved to England. When he left he took his successful small business with him (as well as the 10 jobs he created).

  90. #90
    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:33 pm, Truesoldier said:

    And here is a reminder story of exactly why we need to secure our borders first before anything else:

    EDMONDS, Wash. – The KING 5 Investigators have learned that an illegal immigrant accused of raping a woman in Edmonds Sunday has been deported nine times. That’s much more than previously reported.

    Immigrations and Customs Enforcement won’t comment on the case of Jose Lopez Madrigal. But KING 5 got the information through confidential sources and documents

  91. #91
    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:43 pm, BOB said:

    Judge throws out case of illegal SS number used by Obama, (the occupant of the White House Obama), saying the information was obtained illegally.

    Well, darn…when all legal means of recourse to kick the illegal out of the White House are blocked, this is what happens.

    Situation almost hopeless……

    http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2011/08/judge-lamberth-grants-defendants.html

  92. #92
    On August 30th, 2011 at 3:00 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    FilAmWIGuy,

    Personally P.I has taken more than baby steps and the influx of foreign investment has been impressive over the last several administrations.

    Even though I was in country at the time, I’ve no clue as to why that bright canary yellow color was chosen? I can only guess it was in stark contrast to Marcos’ supporters choice of red?

    It was very subtle at first. Our secretary in Admin. on the Base would compliment her outfit w/ a small yellow hair tie. Then her purse, shoes etc. By time Marcos was ousted, she was sporting yellow from head to toe!

    I’d love to see the Tea Party adopt similar increasingly overt approaches. IMHO. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution

  93. #93
    On August 30th, 2011 at 3:07 pm, John Deaux said:

    On August 30th, 2011 at 2:24 pm, Hiraghm said:
    … her home of 22 years in a thick hispanic accent.

    My grandmother emigrated from Italy in 1920 and retained her thick Italian accent her whole life despite speaking English at home and work for 50+ years.

  94. #94
    On August 30th, 2011 at 3:08 pm, ErikTheRed said:

    It’s still weird to see Malthusian / socialist arguments used by so-called conservatives.

  95. #95
    On August 30th, 2011 at 3:45 pm, bjc said:

    *All the more reason to get the right person in the White House after 2012; That person, and that person alone, must have the fotitude to never speak of C.I.R., or be an advocacy pimp for illegal alien amnesty as the current enemy in the White House; Demagetize this country through strong enforcemnet and get all of these law breakers out of this country before it is too late; The travesty of illegal aliens run amuck in this country impacts everything in the fabric of our society, and it must be stopped!

  96. #96
    On August 30th, 2011 at 4:05 pm, happyscrapper said:

    The travesty of illegal aliens run amuck in this country impacts everything in the fabric of our society, and it must be stopped!

    And the illegal alien run-amock who is doing the most damage? Barack Hussein Obama. MMMM….MMMMMMMMMMM!

  97. #97
    On August 30th, 2011 at 4:17 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    malkinfan

    How much lower can the voters of this country sink. 2012 will tell.

    Just remember that in 1980 Carter still got just under 41% of the vote and Mondale soaked up about the same in 1984.

    The DNC knows they can’t win on philosophy and truth and logic, but they can win by sending people checks in the mail.

  98. #98
    On August 30th, 2011 at 4:20 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    Let’s take some of Uncle’s DNA and match it to Barry’s DNA. Wanna bet there is no family link?

  99. #99
    On August 30th, 2011 at 4:21 pm, stillontheroad said:

    It is amazing that the Sock Puppet has so many relatives that are Illegal Aliens –

  100. #100
    On August 30th, 2011 at 4:27 pm, Reaganite_Republican said:

    Poor guy- to this point, he’d gotten by on his good looks

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