The Corner

The Fools of the World

Barack Obama’s aunt Zeituni Onyango has gamed the immigration system. This follows her decade-long gaming of the municipal welfare system in Boston. (She has been living in public housing since 2003, and has done part-time work for the Housing Authority, in spite of having been living in the country unlawfully since 2002, and having actually been ordered deported in 2004.)

Plainly U.S. immigration laws mean nothing. Plainly a deportation order carries no risk of actual deportation. Plainly Boston welfare rules favor well-connected foreigners – even ones living here illegally – over needy citizens.

Plainly we Americans are the fools of the world.

John Derbyshire — Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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