President Obama's aunt gets asylum.

[Fire1]

If this has been posted already please accept my apologies. Heads exploding and gnashing of teeth on the right. LOL!!!


http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/us-court-grants-asylum-528920.html

[Cleita]

1. I'm happy that she got asylum. n/t

[AtomicKitten]

2. I'm glad the system worked for her. nt

[PSzymeczek]

9. Look how long it took.

She applied for asylum in 2002.

[AtomicKitten]

13. Well that's not good. I do recall Obama talking about reform to shorten these waits. nt

[Sky Masterson]

3. President Obama put his aunt in an asylum!

The nerve of him!! :hide: :sarcasm:

[Fire1]

4. Ha! Clever. n/t

[lamp_shade]

5. Oh that's good news. Thanks.

[politicasista]

6. Kick

:kick:

[dumpdabaggers]

7. The right wing dirt bags will have a field day with this.

Not sure this is good news from a political standpoint.

[Cha]

8. It's great news on so many levels and there's

a lot of us who don't care what the rwfacists think.

[Arkana]

12. Maybe.

Who cares? So it's not "politically good news". It was the right thing to do.

Here's an idea: Maybe the people responsible for granting Obama's aunt asylum really didn't care what Rush Limbaugh and Fox "News" would say the next day.

[struggle4progress]

14. Her application predates any federal service by Obama, and he was long

unaware of her presence in the country. Unless he improperly attempted to influence the immigration authorities in the matter -- which seems unlikely -- the decision to grant asylum should have little real political effect

[Hippo_Tron]

18. I'm not familiar with the law, but would it even have been improper

Can't the President grant asylum to whomever he wants?

[struggle4progress]

20. Congress writes the laws, the Executive enforces the laws, and Courts resolve disputes

about the meaning of the laws. The President isn't some American version of His Royal Highness, the King: he simply is the chief Executive charged with the Administration of the government, according to the states enacted by Congress. The whole principle of "Government of Laws, not of Men" means that one expects the laws to be enforced impartially, without regard for mere personal preferences. In matters of immigration law, the process is governed by existing statute and regulation, with a professional bureaucracy trained to interpret those statutes and regulations in some regular fashion

The short answer is: it would usually be inappropriate for the President to attend to the details of a particular immigration case, and it would usually be improper for the President to attend to the details of an immigration case involving an acquaintance or relative. In this case, Obama himself recognized that in a public statement (quite a while ago) indicating he would not get involved

[greencharlie]

10. It's actually a no-brainer....

could a blood relative of the POTUS be deported to a third-world country to be in danger of being kidnapped or worse... because of the relation?

[Fire1]

11. makes sense. n/t

[Fire1]

15. She better stay outta Arizona! n/t

[NatBurner]

17. right?

[bananas]

16. k&r nt

[Change Happens]

19. Can she live at the WH?

[ecstatic]

22. LOL. Though that would make freepers' heads explode, Obama

barely knows who she is... so no.

[Number23]

21. Too late to rec but I can kick

Good news!