Above the Law? Document Suggests Obama's Uncle Omar Received Special Treatment

A document obtained from the Obama administration through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show that President Barack Obama’s uncle, Omar Onyango, received a deportation stay from the Obama administration. The document, published by Judicial Watch today, suggests the possibility that Onyango is receiving special treatment from authorities.

Another relative, Obama’s half-aunt, Zeituni Onyango, overstayed her visa and received public housing and other public benefits before being granted political asylum in 2010.

Judicial Watch recalls that Onyango was first required to leave the country in 1989, and failed to do so. His case entered the spotlight after he was arrested for drunk driving last year:

On March 27, 2012, Onyango Obama admitted to the Framingham District Court that prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, meanwhile, claimed the agency intended to continue deportation proceedings against Obama, however, they allowed Onyango to seek the reopening of his deportation proceedings.

Obama, who, upon his arrest, said his one phone call would be to the White House, has indicated he will fight ICE’s efforts to deport him in a high profile proceeding the Boston Herald conjectured could “drag on for years.” While he fights deportation, Obama will be allowed to drive a car. He was supposed to lose his license for 45 days, but received a “hardship license,” from the Massachusetts’s Department of Motor Vehicles so that he could drive back and forth to his job at a liquor store.

On July 12, Judicial Watch released records showing agency officials withholding information on Onyango’s release from the press and Congress.

“It certainly appears that Obama’s uncle is receiving favorable treatment from the Obama administration, which explains that we had to sue in federal court to obtain this material,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “ICE should have deported Onyango immediately, especially after his DUI. We now know that the Obama administration decided not to deport Obama’s uncle despite his being a criminal and being on the lam for at least 20 years.”