Asked by a Boston radio host if President Obama´s relative, Onyango Obama, should be deported, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney answered "yes".
Obama´s 67-year-old uncle was arrested earlier this year on drunken driving charges and has been illegally in the US for many years.
Onyango Obama was held on an immigration detainer. He was ordered to leave the country and to go back to Kenya 20 years ago.