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Obama Uncle Out Of Mass. Jail, Whereabouts Unclear

09/ 9/11 08:42 PM ET   AP

BOSTON — A Massachusetts prosecutor says he'll continue to pursue a criminal case against President Barack Obama's uncle even though federal immigration officials have released him from custody.

Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said Friday he'll pursue state charges against Onyango (ohn-YAHN'-goh) Obama stemming from his Aug. 24 arrest on a drunken-driving charge.

Federal immigration officials took Obama into custody shortly after that incident on allegations he violated an order issued nearly two decades ago to return to his native Kenya.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Brian Hale says Obama was released Thursday and was ordered to regularly check in with the agency.

Leone says he'll pursue the criminal case because drunken drivers pose a significant public safety risk.

Obama is the half-brother of the president's late father. His lawyer won't comment.

 
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sparkybrown7877
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03:13 PM on 09/11/2011
Why I am not surprised?
01:29 PM on 09/11/2011
I promise people bring up the dumbest things to pin on the President. WHO ON EARTH CARES ABOUT HIS UNCLE N AUNTS IMMIGRATION? like honestly who cares i feel like i wasted precious minutes of my life watching the video Sheesh like SHUT UP!!! Idc who's offended by my comment its the truth like SHUT UP!!!
02:51 PM on 09/11/2011
I and millions of others care adbeel. They were both here illegally, living off the taxpayers.
It is against the law dear.
03:23 PM on 09/11/2011
Goodness knows how many of Obama's relatives are here sucking up tax dollars. From Section 8 housing to free health care to Ivy League educations.
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SteveSFM
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09:16 PM on 09/10/2011
I have an idea that I invite people to weigh in on. Here it is:

Anyone who thinks this story reflects negatively on the POTUS is a whopping great racist.

Go!
09:52 PM on 09/10/2011
Ahhh. When all else fails call people you disagree with a "racist". How simplistic.
Of course it reflects negatively on Obama. He now has not one but -two- close relatives in the country illegally, in trouble with the law, and on public assistance. There is no way as President he was not made aware of their illegal status.
11:00 PM on 09/10/2011
Well, we all know that black people can't be racist --- so take it and run with it however you want. But the truth is the truth and indeed this story absolutely DOES reflect negatively on Soetoro. NOT because of "racism", but because of THE TRUTH.

Deal with it.
01:32 PM on 09/10/2011
No what’s really funny that all the people posting there hateful thoughts are white raciest people... Just accept the fact there is a Black President.The stupidness in people that counties to clouds the world is so dumb annoying and at this point is just exhaustingly over done already. Be done and over with all this meaningless cruelness. Racism is stupid get over the foolishness. Obama is blamed for a lot crap this country is going through and he is the President so I am sure he knows all the blame will fall on him because he is ultimately responsible. But ever stop to think about this. Look at what he walked into and had to take over as the President, look at the product left for him to take over...? It would be the same exact outcome no matter what President would have taken over office whether it was a Black President or White President. The President has a Staff of Advisors (ooh yeah and there is white people on this staff making decisions and advising as well:) they have a lot of say and yes I understand he has last say, but who truly runs the White House? (“it's no surprise”) that the headline reads “President Obama’s Uncle” on the start of every sentence instead of “Onyango Obama” clearly another celeb gets media attention just because they are in the public eye. But before judgment is passed, do have the facts to back it.
03:20 PM on 09/10/2011
So, are you saying it was Bush's fault that Obama's uncle was driving drunk and came over here illegally?
04:25 PM on 09/10/2011
Can you explain to me why obama is committing identity theft. Why is this man using a stolen social security#. I'm not talking about the uncle, I am talking about your "PRESIDENT".
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jimbarry1946
Very Catholic, very conservative, proud Buckeye
09:21 AM on 09/10/2011
Is anyone at all surprised, especially after what happend with Obama's aunt? The guy was told to leave 20 years ago; he's a drunk driver; set him free. That's about parr with Obama's open door policy on immigration. This after the White House assuring us that the uncle wouldn't get any special treatment. Our country can't survive another five years of this guy.
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listentome
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03:11 PM on 09/10/2011
Our country can't survive another year of people like yourself. If the avatar of you is really you, then I'm sure you're used to drunkenness
08:29 AM on 09/10/2011
What amazes me is that a state prosecutor has to continue the fight against this illegal immigrant and the federal gov't, once again not doing their job. If this person was jailed and deemed " illegal " should have been deported right then NO MATTER who he was a relative of. It is funny that obama has so many relatives that are here illegally---- and I still personally feel he is one of them and it will come to light eventually.
09:19 AM on 09/10/2011
Amen outpost102,,,,,,, All about Obama will come to light some day. His so called birth cert. states his race as Afro/American. When he was born the other birth cert. stated Negro for other blacks at that. I was changed in 1973 for all birth cert. to read Afro/American for all black people.
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listentome
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03:15 PM on 09/10/2011
I'm convinced. Now, that you have said that his birth certificate is a fake, it must be a fake since you are an authority on birth certificates and the descriptions of Black/African American/Colored people.
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listentome
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03:12 PM on 09/10/2011
Okay, let's count. One, two. That's how many relatives of PRESIDENT OBAMA that have been cited as being here illegally. And I am sure you don't take responsibility for all the relatives in your closet.
06:49 PM on 09/10/2011
There are two that we -know- of.
Both here illegally and both supported by the taxpayers.
07:22 AM on 09/10/2011
and this surprises anyone?
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listentome
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03:17 PM on 09/10/2011
It shouldn't surprise anyone that the "rWightful" Americans think that President Obama is suppose to be accountable for all of his relatives, especially the ones in which no one can show proof that he has had any associations with whatsoever.
05:08 AM on 09/11/2011
Did you mean "Wrightful"? http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/DemocraticDebate/story?id=4443788&page=1

Not all of his relatives; just the ones here in the U.S. illegally, supported by the taxpayers.
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cfluffy57@aol.com
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07:11 AM on 09/10/2011
Perhaps he is staying with BOBS illegal auntie in her free apartment. Or at The White House with his freeloading mother in law.
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listentome
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03:19 PM on 09/10/2011
Like you who lives in the basement of your dear mother's house?
05:23 AM on 09/10/2011
Let's see a half-brother of a father he barely knew. Oh sure that's relevant. Hell I have a half-blood Aunt who by suing the Trustee of her mother's trust threw away her whole potential inheritance of a quarter of a million. You can't choose your relatives.
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mamasilverhair
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06:51 AM on 09/10/2011
why wouldn't the trustee just give her the money? hatred? what a horrid family you must have.
12:06 AM on 09/12/2011
you are so right..you can't choose your relatives..
Yet Obama's family tree has been traced back far enough to find that he was related to Sen. Scott Brown {his white half} yet you are trying to say he didn't know of his Aunt and Uncle on his Dad's side? He knows his Fraternal grandmother...she knows where and when he was born...so please get a grip and STOP throwing the "RACE" card in when he is BOTH races!!
05:13 AM on 09/10/2011
This reminds me of George Bush. George, who at age 32 was still an unreformed and degenerate drunk driver, had run his vehicle so far off the road and so far into some bushes that Bush, in his stinking drunk condition, couldn't figure out how to get the vehicle back on the road. The Connecticut cop arrested him after the cop found him stumbling around trying to figure it out. The Press and the Republican Party hushed all that up before the 2000 election. You might say that was a case of a Bush being caught by the Bushes. I'm sure glad our current President isn't a drunk.
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silsez
Wait for it...
07:33 AM on 09/10/2011
And we should believe YOU because?
Cacey
Ignore rudeness, honor discussion
08:01 AM on 09/10/2011
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08:10 AM on 09/10/2011
Dont forget about Neil Bush who cleaned out all those bank accounts in the savings and loan scandals . But daddy and uncle ronnie got him out of that one .
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03:23 PM on 09/10/2011
Fanned!
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azlegalcitizen
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04:09 AM on 09/10/2011
Same old story " it's not WHAT you know it's WHO you know.,
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03:09 AM on 09/10/2011
All of the obamas should go home.
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listentome
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03:24 PM on 09/10/2011
Guess what? They're there and you're not.
05:10 PM on 09/11/2011
Not for long!!
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SevenUPtheUNCOOLA
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02:41 AM on 09/10/2011
guess whos coming for dinner... that weird uncle nobody wants to talk about

every president has a goofy relative they wish would just go away

clinton had roger, jimmy had billy, bush had dubya...
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03:03 AM on 09/10/2011
obama seems to have quite a lot of goofy ones in the U.S., all suckasites.
06:53 PM on 09/10/2011
Only Obama's are here illegally and supported by the taxpayers.
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03:02 AM on 09/10/2011
What does this have to do with obama's illegal alien uncle? Got a banana fetish?
01:55 AM on 09/10/2011
Obamas' uncle... he is going to stay in the USA, even if he is illegal!. not fare