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President Obama's Kenyan aunt appeared before a U.S. immigration judge in Boston today, taking the stand for more than two and a half hours to explain why she should not be deported. Hear from residents of the president's ancestral hometown in Africa. ...

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During his February 4 speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama stated, "you can question my policies, but don't question my faith, or, for that matter, my citizenship." For years, conservative media have asked such questions, often ...

USA TodayWASHINGTON, D.C. The Obama administration is proposing to scale back some border security programs set up after the 9/11 attacks and ramp up aviation security following the attempted Christmas bombing, in what some conservative lawmakers say ...

President Obama's African aunt testified on her own behalf at a closed hearing Thursday in U.S. Immigration Court, making another bid of asylum based on what her lawyer said includes medical reasons. Amy Cohn, a spokeswoman for her lawyer, said Kenya ...

NEW YORK: President Barack Obamas aunt, an illegal immigrant who has cared for his siblings, will fight in federal immigration court on Thursday to avoid deportation, the Boston Herald reported. Zeituni Onyango, 57, was expected in Boston federal ...

Kenyan national Zeituni Onyango, aunt of U.S. President Barack Obama, appeared in a Boston court Thursday in a bid to avoid deportation, her attorney says. The Boston Globe reported Onyango's U.S. Immigration Court hearing was part of her bid to stay in ...

President Obama's Kenyan aunt appeared before a U.S. immigration judge in Boston today, taking the stand for more than two-and-a-half hours to explain why she should not be deported. Hear from residents of the president's ancestral hometown in Africa. ...

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Zeituni Onyango, the president's aunt, was ordered deported in 2004, but she has remained in the United States illegally. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Parties' closing briefs due in 30 days; another hearing may come May 25 Zeituni Onyango's medical condition is ...

ALEXANDRA ZAVIS, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES -- A Southern California man has been arrested on suspicion of posing as a federal marshal to kidnap a distant cousin's wife and put her on a plane to the Philippines, police said Wednesday. Wearing a fake ...

President Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango (file photo) An immigration hearing is being held for U.S. President Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt who is seeking asylum in the United States. Zeituni Onyango arrived at a federal immigration court in Boston, ...

There is broad agreement among economists that immigration has a small but positive impact on the average wages of workers born in the United States: while new immigrant workers add to the labor supply, they also consume goods and services, which creates ...

Obama's aunt awaits asylum ruling ...

Obama aunt must wait for US immigration verdict An immigration hearing in Boston for President Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt has ended without an immediate decision on asylum. It is the second asylum hearing for Zeituni Onyango, 57, the half-sister of Mr ...

President Barack Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, right, a native of Kenya, departs with an unidentified companion after requesting asylum at a closed immigration hearing Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in Boston. Onyango, half-sister of Obama's late father, moved ...

Contact: Florence Neymotin SAT scores not diminished High school students born in the United States need not view their immigrant classmates as a threat to getting a good standardized test score and, ultimately, into a good college, according to a Kansas ...

Wonder how much money President Obama has allocated for immigration enforcement in the proposed federal budget his administration announced this week? Here's a quick look: The White House's budget request for the Department of Homeland Security for ...

BOSTON - President Barack Obama's African aunt showed up in a wheelchair Thursday for a hearing before a Boston judge to argue she should be allowed to stay in the United States. The heavily-guarded hearing for Kenya native Zeituni Onyango had started in ...

The Obama administration is proposing to scale back some border security programs set up after the 2001 terrorist attacks, lawmakers say. The plan would instead increase aviation security following the attempted Christmas bombing. Some congressional ...