Tag: Melania Trump’s parents

Melania Trump’s parents would have struggled to come to the U.S. under Trump’s immigration plan

President Trump’s proposed plan to overhaul the U.S. immigration system would have made it more difficult for his in-laws to migrate to the United States.

First lady Melania Trump, who immigrated from Slovenia in 1996 for modeling, likely brought her parents over through a family unification process that Trump wants to limit, immigration experts say.

The president announced Thursday the contours of a plan that would include increasing the percentage of highly skilled immigrants and decreasing the number of those sponsored by family members living lawfully in the United States.

View the complete May 17 article by Colby Itkowitz on The Washington Post website here.

Melania Trump’s Parents Become U.S. Citizens, Using ‘Chain Migration’ Trump Hates Image

The following article by Annie Correal and Emily Cochrane was posted on the New York Times website August 9, 2018:

Melania Trump’s parents, Amalija and Viktor Knavs, flank their lawyer, Michael Wildes, heading to their naturalization ceremony in Manhattan on Thursday. Credit: Holly Pickett for The New York Times

President Trump has repeatedly and vehemently denounced what he calls “chain migration,” in which adult American citizens can obtain residency for their relatives.

On Thursday, his Slovenian in-laws, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, became United States citizens in a private ceremony in Manhattan by taking advantage of that same family-based immigration program.

Asked if the Knavses had obtained citizenship through “chain migration,” their lawyer, Michael Wildes, said, “I suppose.”

View the complete article here.

Melania Trump’s parents are legal permanent residents, raising questions about whether they relied on ‘chain migration’ 0:55

The following article by Carol D. Leonnig, David Nakamura and Nick Miroff was posted on the Washington Post website February 21, 2018:

President Trump has railed against “chain migration.” His wife is an immigrant and his in-laws are in the U.S., but how did they come in? (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)

The parents of first lady Melania Trump have become legal permanent residents of the United States and are close to obtaining their citizenship, according to people familiar with their status, but their attorney declined to say how or when the couple gained their green cards.

Immigration experts said Viktor and Amalija Knavs very likely relied on a family reunification process that President Trump has derided as “chain migration” and proposed ending in such cases. Continue reading “Melania Trump’s parents are legal permanent residents, raising questions about whether they relied on ‘chain migration’ 0:55”