{"id":59480,"date":"2018-02-23T04:59:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T04:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59480"},"modified":"2018-02-23T04:59:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T04:59:49","slug":"melania-trumps-parents-legally-in-the-us-lawyer-says-as-questions-swirl-over-immigration-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/melania-trumps-parents-legally-in-the-us-lawyer-says-as-questions-swirl-over-immigration-process.html","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump&#8217;s parents legally in the US, lawyer says, as questions swirl over immigration process"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Melania Trump&#8217;s parents legally in the <\/span>US<span style=\"color: #000000\">, lawyer says, as questions swirl over immigration process<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">A lawyer representing Melania Trump\u2019s parents has said they are living legally in the US.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">State of the union? Melania Trump faces public after Stormy Daniels claims<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The lawyer says Slovenian nationals Viktor and Amalija Knavs \u201care both lawfully admitted to the United States as permanent residents\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Michael Wildes declined further <\/span>comment <span style=\"color: #000000\">and did not discuss when the couple would be eligible for citizenship or how their green cards were obtained.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Immigration experts said the couple might have relied on a family reunification process criticised by Trump as \u201cchain migration\u201d. He has pushed to limit immigrants\u2019 ability to sponsor relatives to join them in the <\/span>US <span style=\"color: #000000\">and has endorsed legislation that would prevent immigrants from sponsoring their parents.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">David Leopold, an immigration lawyer, told the Washington Post said it was likely Melania had sponsored her parents so they could obtain green cards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cThat 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,\u201d Leopold said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Trump\u2019s new proposal would only allow immigrants to sponsor spouses and minor children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">A spokeswoman for the first lady says the Knavs \u201c<\/span>are<span style=\"color: #000000\"> not part of this administration and deserve their privacy\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Melania Trump has been a US citizen since 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2018\/feb\/21\/melania-trump-parents-slovenia-us-green-card<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/melania-trumps-parents-legally-in-the-us-lawyer-says-as-questions-swirl-over-immigration-process.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melania Trump&#8217;s parents legally in the US, lawyer says, as questions swirl over immigration process A lawyer representing Melania Trump\u2019s parents has said they are living legally in the US.State of the union? 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