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Gov't worried about media interest in Obama's aunt (AP)

 

Published 1/26/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News

AP - 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. (link)

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