Zeituni Onyango

Three Years Later, ICE Still Probing Who Leaked Immigration Status Of President Obama's Aunt

Ryan J. Reilly | January 13, 2012, 3:30PM

Three years, two months and a week -- more than 1100 days -- after the 2008 presidential election, internal investigators at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are still probing who leaked the immigration status of then-Sen. Barack Obama's aunt Zeituni Onyango just three days before voters went to the polls.

Relevant files from ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility are "part of an ongoing investigation" and will not be disclosed, an ICE official wrote in a Jan. 11 response to TPM's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for documents related to the investigation.

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Topics: Barack Obama, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Zeituni Onyango

ICE

Obama Admin Sets Record For Number Of Illegal Immigrants Deported

Ryan J. Reilly | October 18, 2011, 3:03PM

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported more illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2011 than in any other year in its history, the agency announced Tuesday.

Overall, the agency removed 396,906 individuals, nearly 55 percent (or 216,698) of whom had been convicted of felonies or misdemeanors, ICE said. That group included 1,119 illegal immigrants convicted of homicide and "5,848 aliens convicted of sexual offenses; 44,653 aliens convicted of drug related crimes; and 35,927 aliens convicted of driving under the influence," according to ICE.

"Smart and effective immigration enforcement relies on setting priorities for removal and executing on those priorities," ICE Director John Morton said in a statement.

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Topics: ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Obama Administration