Bush issued orders protecting Obama's Illegal Immigrant Aunt

This is for all the Bush bashers out there. President Bush issued orders forbidding ICE from arresting then President-elect Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyangoan, an illegal immigrant, during the election.

Obama's Aunt who has been living here illegally for the last 9 years in government subsidized housing was ordered to leave the country 4 years ago and refused.

From ALIPAC --

The Homeland Security Department still is requiring high-level approval before federal immigration agents can arrest fugitives, a rule quietly imposed by the Bush administration days before the election of Barack Obama, whose aunt has been living in the United States illegally.

The unusual directive from the Homeland Security Department came amid concerns that such arrests might generate "negative media or congressional interest," according to a newly disclosed federal document obtained by The Associated Press.

The directive is still in place, Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Kelly Nantel told the AP. It originally was distributed Oct. 31 by e-mail to immigration officers by an assistant director at the agency. Obama was elected president five days later. Nantel said the directive called for close supervision over any cases that could be high profile. She said it was not specific to Obama's relatives.