Obama's "Uncle Omar" Arrested, Detained as Illegal Immigrant Outside Boston

[Dusty]

lol so hard I couldn't catch my breath. Had to get this from Australia, but I'm sure the NYT and WaPo will be all over it.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news...-1226124269032


BARACK Obama's long-lost "Uncle Omar" has been arrested for alleged drink-driving outside Boston and detained as an illegal immigrant, The Times can reveal.

The arrest ends a mystery over the fate of a relative that the US President wrote in his memoir had moved to America from Kenya in the 1960s, although the circumstances of his discovery may now prove to be an embarrassment for the White House.

Official records say Onyango Obama, 67, was picked up outside the Chicken Bone Saloon in Framingham, Massachusetts, at 7.10pm on August 24. Police say he nearly crashed his Mitsubishi 4x4 into a patrol car, and then insisted that the officer should have given way to him. A report filed with the Framingham District Court said that a breathalyser at the police station registered his blood alcohol at 0.14mg/100ml of blood, above the state limit of 0.08mg.

According to a local newspaper, Mr Obama was charged with driving under the influence and driving to endanger, as well as failing to use a turn signal. He was detained as an illegal immigrant because the US Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has an outstanding warrant for him because he was previously ordered to be deported to Kenya.

The Times has established from his birthdate that Mr Obama is the Uncle Omar mentioned in President Obama's best-selling memoir Dreams from My Father. In the 1995 book, President Obama writes of "the uncle who had left for America 25 years ago and had never come back".

In 2008, The Times mounted a search for Uncle Omar. Instead of finding him, we discovered his sister, President Obama's Auntie Zeituni, who was living as an illegal immigrant on a Boston housing estate. Uncle Omar and Auntie Zeituni are the children of President Obama's grandfather Hussein Onyango Obama, by his third wife Sarah, the woman President Obama calls "Granny", because she raised his father, Barack Sr, who was Hussein Obama's son by Hussein's second wife, Akumu.

The 2008 investigation unearthed public records naming an O. Onyango Obama, born on June 3, 1944, living at a house in the Boston suburbs, where he was known as Obama Onyango. Framingham police records list the man arrested last week as Onyango Obama, with the same birth date, June 3, 1944.

According to local reports, Officer Val Krishtal and another driver had to slam on their brakes to avoid hitting Mr Obama's car, which rolled through a stop sign and took a quick left turn. Mr Obama allegedly told the officer he had right of way and said he doubted the officer was forced to brake hard as he did not hear his brakes squeal.

Mr Obama pleaded not guilty at his remand hearing, but was held in custody because of the immigration warrant. He now faces a legal battle. His sister Zeituni eventually won the right to live in America despite an earlier deportation order. Margaret Wong, the Cleveland lawyer who successfully represented Zeituni, confirmed through a representative last night that she has also been retained to defend Mr Obama.

"Before he went to America, we all knew him as Omar. But he dropped that bit, changing it to Obama Onyango, because he said he preferred his African name," said Nelson Ochieng, a cousin in the Kenyan city of Kisumu.

Mr Obama's landlady in Boston went to court to evict him in 2000 for non-payment of his dollars 500-a-month rent. He was also a partner in a convenience store that was set up in 1992, and was attacked in a robbery at the shop in 1994 by two men armed with a sawn-off rifle.

[Paragrouper]

Bruce Almighty sure does have some interesting characters in his family.

Maybe Omar can put out an alcoholic beverage like Jimmy's brother Billy.

Maybe Uncle Omar's Ouzo or something.

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by Paragrouper

Bruce Almighty sure does have some interesting characters in his family.

Maybe Omar can put out an alcoholic beverage like Jimmy's brother Billy.

Maybe Uncle Omar's Ouzo or something.

lol Based on where he was arrested, I'd think something closer to a "voodoo" motif.

"Obama Zombie", something like that.

[BOfH]

Originally Posted by Dusty

"Obama Zombie", something like that.

I guess the CDC's fears have been realized

[PedOncoDoc]

Originally Posted by Dusty

lol Based on where he was arrested, I'd think something closer to a "voodoo" motif.

"Obama Zombie", something like that.

I was pulling for a malt liquor angle, something along the lines of "Uncle Omar's 40 ounces of Hope and Change" - but I like yours better.

[mark46th]

Geezus. That is funny....

[Pete]

Well, with the new kinder and gentler immigration policies of this administration he has no worry about deportation.

[mark46th]

So, is this his Aunt Zeituni Onyango's (Also here illegally) husband?

[Iraqgunz]

The President is an embarrassment to this country and so are his relatives. It's pretty easy to see why our immigration policies are continuing to fail.

[JimP]

Good Grief - How many of these clowns can we put up in public housing?? The one in the white-house should be embarrassment enough....

[Dusty]

Regardless of the quality of the man's family, he's no longer relevant. We'll be dealing with Hillary MTL.

[glebo]

Wow, my hometown's on the map.....probably not the best reason to be....but none the less..

Yup, more "stellar" actions fomr POTUS' family....just as bad a Jimmies bro Billie...

yeah, he gotta come up with some beer/wine.....Obama Brew or somethin'..

[Sdiver]

Originally Posted by Paragrouper

Bruce Almighty sure does have some interesting characters in his family.

Maybe Omar can put out an alcoholic beverage like Jimmy's brother Billy.

Maybe Uncle Omar's Ouzo or something.

Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc

I was pulling for a malt liquor angle, something along the lines of "Uncle Omar's 40 ounces of Hope and Change" - but I like yours better.

Originally Posted by glebo

yeah, he gotta come up with some beer/wine.....Obama Brew or somethin'..

Simple .....

KOOL AID

His nephew has been serving it up for years.

Originally Posted by Iraqgunz

The President is an embarrassment to this country and so are his relatives. It's pretty easy to see why our immigration policies are continuing to fail.

What has Obama done to change the immigration policy since he has been in office? Please show me the legislation.

[alelks]

Hmmmm,

How about this for starters:

The news that the Obama administration was planning to halt virtually all deportations of Dream Act students and possibly their families drew cheers and applause from several students and immigrant rights activists who gathered at the downtown Los Angeles office of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.

"This is huge," said Angelica Salas, executive director of the coalition, which has long lobbied for the measures announced Thursday. "This is wonderful for all the families who are currently facing deportation."

She said, however, that she remained cautious to see if the administration would actually enact what it pledged to do. "If they do what they say they'll do, this is good."

Pedro Trujillo, an undocumented Cal State Northridge student, greeted the news with a big grin and a double thumbs-up. Trujillo was brought to Los Angeles from Mexico at the age of 6, entered Bravo Medical Magnet High School and hopes to become a middle-school history teacher. An immigrant rights activist, Trujillo helped raise money for a fellow undocumented student facing deportation last year and traveled to Arizona to protest a controversial anti-illegal immigrant law. His mother cried in fear that he would be caught and deported, he said, but the announcement Thursday may mean he will not become subject to deportation proceedings.

"It's going to be a life-changer for many people who have been around raids in the fields, construction sites and sweatshops," said Trujillo, one of several students at the group’s office. "It's a huge weight off our backs."

The Obama administration announced Thursday that undocumented students and other low-priority immigration offenders would not be targeted for deportation under its immigration enforcement programs. These eligible students are those who were illegally brought to the U.S. as children by their parents.[/B]