Onyango Obama: l'oncle d'Obama a hébergé son célèbre neveu alors qu'il résidait illégalement aux États-Unis

Onyango Obama est le second membre de la famille Obama à être confronté à la déportation après la tante du Président, Zeituni Onyango. Ce qui pique la curiosité des journalistes ici c'est que la Maison Blanche a nié en 2011 que l'oncle et le neveu se soient fréquentés. Le Président reconnaissait mardi avoir résidé chez son oncle pendant quelques semaines lors de son arrivée à l'université Harvard. À l'époque, Onyango vivait aux États-Unis illégalement.

 "Their relationship came into question on Tuesday at the deportation hearing of his uncle, Onyango Obama, in Boston immigration court. His uncle had lived in the United States illegally since the 1970s and revealed in testimony for the first time that his famous nephew had stayed at his Cambridge apartment for about three weeks. At the time, Onyango Obama was here illegally and fighting deportation.

 On Thursday, a White House official said the press office had not fully researched the relationship between the president and his uncle before telling the Globe that they had no record of the two meeting. This time, the press office asked the president directly, which they had not done in 2011.

 “The president first met Omar Obama when he moved to Cambridge for law school,” said White House spokesman Eric Schultz. “The president did stay with him for a brief period of time until his apartment was ready. After that, they saw each other once every few months, but after law school they fell out of touch. The president has not seen him in 20 years, has not spoken with him in 10.”

 The White House said Obama’s immigration case was handled “without any interference from the president or the White House.”

 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/12/05/president-obama-acknowledges-having-lived-with-his-uncle/UI7WDrOPx6XQVerzdmvm3H/story.html