WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer representing first lady Melania Trump’s parents says they’re living legally in the U.S.
The lawyer says Slovenian nationals Viktor and Amalija Knavs “are both lawfully admitted to the United States as permanent residents.”
Michael Wildes is declining further comment, including discussing when the couple would be eligible for citizenship or how their green cards were obtained.
President Donald Trump has pushed to limit immigrants’ ability to sponsor relatives to join them in the U.S. He’s endorsed legislation that would prevent immigrants from sponsoring their parents and only allow them to sponsor spouses and minor children.
A spokeswoman for the first lady says the Knavs “are not part of this administration and deserve their privacy.”
The Washington Post first reported on the Knavs.
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I don’t begrudge them their status.
But I do detest Bone Spurs for his hypocrisy. And his wife for not helping to make a difference.
They’re white Europeans, so it’s a-OK. I have a good friend of Irish background who’s always quiet when you bring up illegal Irish immigrants but loud and proud in excoriating “Mexicans” coming here to collect those lavish bennies we allegedly bestow upon them.
They’re doing jobs American’s don’t want: being Trump’s in-laws.
Oh, come on. Melania has single-handedly stopped cyber-bullying and has made it taboo to even say anything negative about someone else on such sites as Twitter, for example.