Today ABC's head snake Jake Tapper again stoops to slander Obama, posting on the ABC News "Political Punch Blog" a nasty and incoherent article claiming that a "conservative group" is demanding that President Obama either deport his aunt or have his credibility destroyed. Here's the link:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/...
The typical stupid and sloppy Tapper hit-piece is entitled "Conservative Group Tries to Make Obama's Aunt an Immigration Issue." Here are some turd droppings from the article:
ABC News' Jason Ryan reports that officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement has no comment on the arrest request filed by the conservative group ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration) for President Obama to honor his proclamations about upholding the rule of law deporting his Aunt Zeituni Onyango.
Tapper keeps setting records for number of errors in a lede. First, there is no such thing as an "arrest request." Second, there is no such thing as a bona fide "conservative group" called ALIPAC. That's a bogus nativist astroturf group, probably just one sweaty guy in shorts in his basement. See http://www.alipac.us/...
Tapper's piece concerns Obama's "Auntie Zeituni," as he referred to her in his memoir. She is the half-sister of Obama's father. As you will recall, there was a little media flurry last fall when she was reported to be living in public housing in Boston after denial of a political asylum application. The Tapper article claims, without sourcing, that she has since moved to Cleveland and renewed her asylum claim.
Tapper's crap continues:
"President Obama has promised the American public that his administration will honor the principles of open government, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law," said William Gheen of ALIPAC. "Obama must either deport his aunt or destroy his own credibility by showing her favoritism."
The Justice Department's Office of Immigration Review said Onyango has an immigration appeals court hearing on April 1, at 8:30 am in Boston.
Of course, the Rule of Law does not mean what that wingnut thinks it means. Also, as a U.S. immigration lawyer with more than 20 years of experience, I can say confidently that there is no such thing as an "immigration appeals court" in Boston. I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. However, if she has a pending court case, she may well have a valid legal claim to remain in the United States.
This article doesn't really say anything about Obama's aunt, or Obama.
But it says a lot about that weasel Tapper and ABC News.