#ForMeButNotForThee

#Melania Trump sponsored her mother to #immigrate to the #UnitedStates through a family-based process that #Trump aggressively sought to end, acc/to federal #immigration records released Mon.

The records detail for the first time the full path that the fmr first lady’s mother, Amalija Knavs, followed from Slovenia to the #US — & how the Trump admin’s policies would have made that far more difficult for others.

#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/03/25/trump-melania-parents-chain-migration/

Records confirm Trump’s mother-in-law came to U.S. through process he derided

Melania Trump sponsored her mother to immigrate to the U.S. through a process that former president Donald Trump sought to end, federal records confirm.

The Washington Post

#Melania Trump used a #legal pathway that #Trump & his top advisers repeatedly disparaged as “chain migration,” the right of US #citizens to bring their parents to the #UnitedStates.
#Federal #law since 1965 has said #US citizens may apply to bring minor children & parents to join them in the United States w/o having to wait a long time for a #visa. Citizens may sponsor siblings & adult children, but they typically wait longer for #visas.

#ForMeButNotForThee #immigration