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First lady Melania Trump’s parents have received their green cards and are
close to becoming citizens — raising questions about whether they benefited
from “chain migration,” according to a report.
“I can confirm that Mrs. Trump’s parents are both lawfully admitted to the
United States as permanent residents,” Michael Wildes, a New York-based
immigration attorney who represents the first lady and her family, told the
Washington Post.
“The family, as they are not part of the administration, has asked that
their privacy be respected so I will not comment further on this matter,”
he added.
Wildes declined to say how or when Viktor and Amalija Knavs, formerly of
Slovenia, received their green cards.
The Knavses are waiting to schedule their swearing-in ceremony, a person
with knowledge of their immigration filings told the newspaper.
Immigration experts said the couple very likely relied on a family
reunification process that President Trump has labeled “chain migration”
and wants to end.
Questions about the couple’s immigration status have escalated ever since
Trump espoused an anti-immigrant agenda during and after his race for the
White House.
A White House spokesman and a spokeswoman for the first lady declined to
comment to the Washington Post.
Melania’s spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham previously told the paper: “I don
’t comment on her parents, as they live private lives and are not part of
the administration.”
Trump has proposed ending the ability of US citizens to sponsor their
parents and siblings — suggesting that only spouses and minor children
could be sponsored for legal residency.
On Feb. 6, he tweeted: “We need a 21st Century MERIT-BASED immigration
system. Chain migration and the visa lottery are outdated programs that hurt
our economic and national security.”
But immigration experts told the paper that Trump’s in-laws most likely
relied on the very path he has derided and condemned to obtain residency
that allows them to live in the US.
“That would be the logical way to do it, the preferred way to do it and
possibly the only way to do it under the facts that I know,” immigration
lawyer David Leopold told the paper.
Viktor Knavs, 73, is a former member of the Yugoslav Communist Party who
worked as a chauffeur and car salesman in Slovenia. Amalija, 71, was a
pattern maker at a textile factory.
Several years ago, their attorneys contacted Sen. Charles Schumer’s office
for assistance in checking on the status of their petition for green cards,
a source familiar with the outreach told the paper
Melania Trump came to the US from Slovenia on a visitor’s visa in 1996 for
modeling gigs.
She sponsored herself for a green card in 2000 based on her “extraordinary
ability” and obtained permanent residency in 2001. She married Trump in
2005 and became a citizen the following year.
Last week, the Senate rejected a bipartisan proposal spearheaded by Sen.
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that would have paved the way to citizenship for
nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants who came to the US illegally as
children.
Legislation backed by the president to grant a path to citizenship to the so
-called Dreamers — but also end chain migration and the visa lottery —
also failed. | p******e
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【在 t*******7 的大作中提到】
: 老床要关门了
: First lady Melania Trump’s parents have received their green cards and are
: close to becoming citizens — raising questions about whether they benefited
: from “chain migration,” according to a report.
: “I can confirm that Mrs. Trump’s parents are both lawfully admitted to the
: United States as permanent residents,” Michael Wildes, a New York-based
: immigration attorney who represents the first lady and her family, told the
: Washington Post.
: “The family, as they are not part of the administration, has asked that
: their privacy be respected so I will not comment further on this matter,”
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如果第一夫人不是资历，希拉里凭什么从政？为什么民主党叫嚷要奥巴马老婆选总统？ | f*********1
发帖数: 2518 | 4 老床太清廉了吧？这要是猪党什么人的岳父，几十年前就已经入籍了，现在都已经可以
自称是印第安人了 |
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