Broken Borders: How Will Obama Enforce Immigration Law When His Aunt Is An Illegal?

Has the Associated Press had a change of heart, or are they just covering their bases in the final days of the election?

Regardless, the Associated Press, has finally reported a story that should be particularly disturbing to all Americans. The President of the United States has, by definition, two primary roles as both the Commander in Chief and as the nations Chief Enforcement Officer. The role of the executive branch is to assure the enforcement of the laws passed by the legislative branch and signed by the President. So my question this morning is simple:

How is Barack Obama going to handle the enforcement of immigration laws and fix our broken borders when his own Aunt is residing in the US illegally?

According to the AP, Obama's recently located Aunt living in the slums of Boston has been residing in the United States illegally for years. Zeituni Onyango, according to an AP report based upon two separate sources including a law enforcement agency, was denied Asylum in the United States over four years ago and has been residing illegally within the US since.

Senator Obama fondly discussed "Auntie Zeituni" in his memoirs, the same memoir in which he discussed his responsibility to assist family members. The Illinois Senator apparently did not feel the need to assist his Aunt in seeking citizenship through proper channels; nor did the good Senator, who has earned millions over the past decade, make the decision to financially assist his Aunt living in a run-down slum in Boston.

The more important issue, however, is Obama's potential role as the Chief Enforcement Officer of the United States. Our borders are broken and the American people overwhelmingly want them secured and the tide of illegal immigration stopped. Obama's Aunt, who is living in taxpayer funded public housing, is one of an estimated 10 million illegals whose asylum applications have been rejected or whose Visas have expired. These illegal aliens, most of whom are also illegally employed, only add to the financial struggles of the states they live in.

Our nation is facing rising unemployment under the current recessionary pressures and our next President must be willing to tackle illegal immigration as a national security and more importantly, an economic issue. So Again, I ask:

How can a President whose own Aunt is living illegally in the United States possibly handle the issue of illegal immigration in an objective manner that places the interests of the American people first?

J Brown
November 1st, 2008