Thursday, February 4th 2010,
9:10 PM
Reynolds/AP
President Obama's aunt
Zeituni Onyango departs with unidentified companion after requesting asylum at a
closed immigration hearing Thursday in Boston. An immigration judge on Thursday heard two hours of testimony from Zeituni Onyango, 57, and gave lawyers until mid-March to file written arguments.
Onyango entered court in a wheelchair with a cane across her lap. She smiled, but didn't speak to reporters. Doctors also spoke on behalf of Onyango, who has said she suffers from Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Obama hasn't intervened for his aunt, who was found living in a housing project here in 2008. She came to the U.S. in 2000 and was ordered out in 2004 after an asylum request was rejected, but she did not leave.
"She really wants to stay in America," said her lawyer, Margaret Wong.