She then obtained a green card, married Donald Trump in 2005, and obtained her US citizenship. Then, she brought in her Slovenian-born parents to be sworn in as U.S. citizens in 2018 at the height of Donald Trump's first term during which the moron-in-chief was criticizing this family-based immigration and derisively calling it "chain migration." Melania's parents did not need to become US citizens. They just did it to profit from Melania's position as first lady.
The question is: Did Donald Trump bribe or otherwise influence immigration officers to grant his dumb bimbo blonde the Einstein visa, while he is deporting legal visa holders, green card holders and US citizens, all of whom fled dire conditions (climate change devastating rural communities, drug-related crimes funded by US arms shipments and smuggling to the drug cartels, poverty, war...) in their home countrie.
Whoever are the MAGA morons who continue to decry the "establishment", believing Trump's lies that the establishment is made up of only Democrats, they should know that the man they elected IS THE ESTABLISHMENT. HE IS OF THE WORST KIND OF ELITE WHOSE ONLY CONCERN IS MAKING MORE MONEY THAN THEY CAN EVER HAVE, while millions of Americans who live from paycheck to paycheck have to work more than one job to pay bills, guess to whom? Trump's billionaires and their corporations of energy, power, communicastions, insurance scammers....
MAGA morons: You got it all wrong. You are enabling the very same criminals you decry that are exploiting you and using you.
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Fact Check: Melania Trump's parents came to U.S. through process Donald Trump tried to curb
Nur Ibrahim
Thu, July 24, 2025
Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images - Melania Trump's parents strolling on the white house lawn
Claim:
First lady Melania Trump’s parents came to the United States through a family-based sponsorship, also referred to derogatorily as “chain migration.”
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Rating: True
Since U.S. President Donald Trump's first administration, many have speculated about first lady Melania Trump's parents' immigration statuses and how they came to the United States. A number of online posts claimed they arrived through a process that Trump himself has derided and tried to curb.
A July 2025 YouTube video claimed the following:
Donald Trump built a movement on immigration cruelty — cages, deportations, and raids. But behind the scenes, he used the same "chain migration" he demonized to import his entire in-law family while brown kids were ripped from their parents and locked in cages.
During his first administration, Trump did indeed try to curb the practice of so-called "chain migration," calling it a threat to national security. And based on Melania Trump's parents' immigration papers and confirmation from their lawyer, it is true that her parents entered the U.S. through the same process Trump tried to end.
As we have reported before, despite the strict guidelines under which relatives are eligible for the process, as well as annual caps on the number of immigrants allowed to enter the country in this manner, Trump has frequently criticized such family reunification visas, calling them "chain migration." These visas allow U.S. citizens to sponsor their parents financially, bring them to the United States, and eventually apply for their family members' permanent residency.
We previously reported in February 2018 that the first lady's parents' immigration status was not a matter of public record, and thus the manner in which they came into the country was unknown. However, federal immigration records revealed in 2024 that her mother, Amalija Knavs, did come to the country through her daughter's sponsorship.
According to Newsweek, in 2024 the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation obtained Knavs' immigration records through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request while suing former U.S. President Joe Biden's administration to access visa records of Britain's Prince Harry. The Washington Post also requested the records from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after Knavs died in January 2024. We reached out to The Heritage Foundation to access the records and will update the story if we get more information.
The Washington Post confirmed that Knavs was sponsored by an adult child for a green card, and her financial sponsor was listed as "Melania Trump."
Michael Wildes, the immigration lawyer for both of the first lady's parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, had also confirmed their method of immigration to The New York Times in 2018. He said Melania Trump had sponsored her parents for their green cards. When asked if the Knavses obtained citizenship through "chain migration," Wildes said, "I suppose."
Even as Trump derogatorily called such a process "chain migration," Wildes said the term was a "dirtier" way of characterizing such sponsorship that was "a bedrock of our immigration process when it comes to family reunification."
Wildes also confirmed that the couple met the five-year requirement for residency before applying for citizenship.
During his first administration (2017-2021), Trump endorsed the RAISE Act that would have limited priority sponsorship to spouses and minor children and required U.S. citizens to obtain renewable and temporary visas for their parents instead of fast-tracking residencies.
Snopes has previously investigated claims that Melania Trump came to the U.S. "improperly" on an EB-1 "Einstein" visa and self-sponsored herself for a green card as a result. She became a permanent resident in 2001. Melania did indeed receive such a visa and was required to demonstrate "extraordinary abilities" as a model.
Snopes archives contributed to this report.
Sources:
Correal, Annie, and Emily Cochrane. "Melania Trump's Parents Become U.S. Citizens, Using 'Chain Migration' Trump Hates." The New York Times, 9 Aug. 2018. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/nyregion/melania-trumps-parents-become-us-citizens.html. Accessed 22 July 2025.
Garcia, Arturo. "FACT CHECK: Did Melania Trump's Parents Arrive in the U.S. Through 'Chain Migration'?" Snopes, 8 Feb. 2018, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/melania-trump-parents-chain-migration-meme/. Accessed 22 July 2025.
"Melania Trump's Mom's Papers Released in Prince Harry Case." Newsweek, 23 Oct. 2024, https://www.newsweek.com/melania-trump-mom-amalija-knavs-papers-released-prince-harry-visa-1973400. Accessed 22 July 2025.
Rascouët-Paz, Anna. "Inspecting Claim Melania Trump Improperly Came to US on EB-1 'Einstein' Visa." Snopes, 2 Jul. 2025, https://www.snopes.com//news/2025/07/02/melania-trump-einstein-visa/. Accessed 22 July 2025.
Sacchetti, Maria. "Records Confirm Trump's Mother-in-Law Came to U.S. through Process He Derided." The Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024, https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/03/25/trump-melania-parents-chain-migration/. Accessed 22 July 2025.
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