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

Barack Obama

ICE Ethics Office Still Investigating Who Leaked Immigration Status Of Obama's Aunt

Ryan J. Reilly | March 3, 2011, 9:40AM

Two years and four months after someone disclosed the immigration status of then-candidate Barack Obama's aunt to the media ahead of the 2008 election, government investigators are still probing whether any federal officials improperly leaked the information.

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

Barack Obama

Still No Culprit In Leak Of Obama's Aunt's Immigration Status

Ryan J. Reilly | December 6, 2010, 11:30AM

Over two years after a somebody leaked the immigration status of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama's aunt to the media just days ahead of the 2008 election, it still isn't clear if any federal officials have been held accountable for the illegal disclosure.

In response to a Freedom of Information Act from TPM, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General searched the office's "investigative indices" using both Barack Obama and Zeituni Onyango as search terms and found no records.

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Immigration

DHS Official: Investigation Into Leak on Obama's Aunt Will Conclude Shortly

Ryan J. Reilly | August 19, 2010, 8:00AM

An investigation into whether any officials from the U.S. Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement improperly disclosed the legal status of the aunt of then-Sen. Barack Obama shortly before the 2008 election will come to a conclusion shortly, TPMMuckraker has learned.

The Office of Professional Responsibility at ICE is expected to make a recommendation in the coming days and weeks, a Department of Homeland Security official speaking on condition of anonymity told TPMMuckraker.

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

Thanks for The Help

Obama's Aunt Given Asylum Due To Pre-Election Leaks

Ryan J. Reilly | August 18, 2010, 1:37PM

Three months ago, an immigration judge granted President Obama's aunt asylum in the United States. While the decision was made public, the written document detailing the reasoning was kept secret because of federal privacy laws.

But the Boston Globe reported yesterday that the judge based his decision in Zeituni Onyango's case on the fact that an anonymous federal official disclosed information about her immigration status shortly before the 2008 presidential campaign.

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Topics: Barack Obama, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Thanks for The Help, Zeituni Onyango