Fact Checker: What’s the immigration status of Melania Trump’s parents?
The truth behind the rhetoric What’s the immigration status of Melania Trump’s parents? Several readers asked us about the immigration status of Melania Trump’s parents after photos of them popped up in social media posts. Keep in mind the First Lady is an immigrant. And President Trump has favored bills that would severely restrict so-called chain migration, including the granting of immigration visas to the parents of U.S. citizens. With congressional debate beginning on overhauling immigration laws, is the president is being hypocritical? According to various news reports, the First Lady’s parents have been living in the United States at least a year and probably much longer — possibly since the mid-2000s. Knowing that, there are essentially four possibilities: legal permanent residence, an extended tourist visa, a visa through parole, and a student visa. The most logical possibility is that they have received legal permanent residence because they ...
