Onyango Obama, President Barack Obama’s Kenyan-born uncle

December 4, 2013 in News by RBN Staff

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President Barack Obama’s Kenyan-born uncle, who ignored a deportation order more than two decades ago, on Tuesday was granted permission to stay in the United States.

Judge Leonard Shapiro made the decision after Onyango Obama, 69, testified that he had lived in the U.S. for 50 years, been a hard worker, paid income tax and been arrested only once. (AP)

Onyango Obama, President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born uncle, arrives at U.S. Immigration Court for a deportation hearing Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 in Boston. He has lived in the United States since the

Onyango Obama, President Barack Obama’s Kenyan-born uncle, arrives at U.S. Immigration Court for a deportation hearing Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 in Boston. He has lived in the United States since the 1960s, when he came here as a teenager to attend school. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Onyango Obama, the uncle of President Barack Obama, leaves Framingham, Mass., District Court after his appearance Tuesday, March 27, 2012.  A Massachusetts drunken driving charge against him from an i

Onyango Obama, the uncle of President Barack Obama, leaves Framingham, Mass., District Court after his appearance Tuesday, March 27, 2012. A Massachusetts drunken driving charge against him from an incident in August 2011 will be dismissed if he stays out of trouble for a year, officials said. Obama did not plead guilty, but acknowledged Massachusetts prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him. (AP Photo/MetroWest Daily News, Allan Jung)

Onyango Obama, the uncle of President Barack Obama, surrenders his driving license in Framingham, Mass., District Court beside his attorney, F. Scott Bratton, left, Tuesday, March 27, 2012.  A Massach

Onyango Obama, the uncle of President Barack Obama, right, stands with his attorney, F. Scott Bratton in Framingham, Mass., District Court Tuesday, March 27, 2012. A Massachusetts drunken driving charge against him from an incident in August 2011 will be dismissed if he stays out of trouble for a year, officials said. Obama did not plead guilty, but acknowledged Massachusetts prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him. (AP Photo/MetroWest .

Onyango Obama, the uncle of President Barack Obama, right, stands with his attorney, F. Scott Bratton in Framingham, Mass., District Court Tuesday, March 27, 2012.  A Massachusetts drunken driving cha

Onyango Obama, the uncle of U.S. President Barack Obama, arrives for a hearing at a federal immigration court in Boston, Massachusetts, December 3, 2013. Onyango Obama, 69, is the Kenyan-born half-brother of President Obama’s deceased father and came to the U.S. as a teenager to attend an elite school near Boston, but later dropped out and allowed his visa status lapse. He is expected to argue that he should be allowed to stay in the United .

Onyango Obama arrives for a hearing at a federal immigration court in Boston

FILE – In this Nov. 17, 2011 file photo, Onyango Obama, uncle of President Barack Obama, leaves Framingham, Mass., District Court, after a hearing on an August drunk driving charge. Obama, the 69-year-old half brother of the president’s late father, faces a deportation hearing Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, in Boston. He has lived in the United States since the 1960s. He was ordered to leave the country in 1992, but remained. (AP Photo/MetroWest Daily

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2011 file photo, Onyango Obama, uncle of President Barack Obama, leaves Framingham, Mass., District Court, after a hearing on an August drunk driving charge. Obama, the 69-year

Margaret Wong, attorney for Onyango Obama, President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born uncle, faces reporters outside U.S. Immigration Court, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, in Boston. Onyango Obama, who ignor

Margaret Wong, attorney for Onyango Obama, President Barack Obama’s Kenyan-born uncle, faces reporters outside U.S. Immigration Court, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, in Boston. Onyango Obama, who ignored a deportation order more than two decades ago, was granted permission to stay in the U.S. Tuesday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)