With the immigration battle still being fought, the media is looking for any opportunity to undermine the president’s credibility on the issue. Despite presenting a perfectly rational and moderate immigration agenda, Trump’s been branded a racist and accused of going against American’s so-called “values.”
While those have been the standard attacks, a new avenue of attack has been found via his in-laws, Melania’s parents, who are being accused of benefiting from immigration policies Trump wants to end.
As reported at the New York Post, First lady Melania Trump’s parents have finally been granted green cards and are on their way to becoming American citizens.
“I can confirm that Mrs. Trump’s parents are both lawfully admitted to the United States as permanent residents,” Michael Wildes, a New York-based immigration attorney who represents the first lady and her family.
“The family, as they are not part of the administration, has asked that their privacy be respected so I will not comment further on this matter,” he added.
Wildes declined to say how or when Viktor and Amalija Knavs, formerly of Slovenia, received their green cards.
Experts on immigration are saying that the most likely process used by the family get citizenship is the family reunification policy, or “chain migration” that Trump wants to end.
Of course, they may be right, but trying to make Trump out as a hypocrite over this is asinine. Everyone knows what’s really meant by chain migration, and that’s hoards of third world-ers, both illegally and legally, getting into the US and then bringing their families along, even if they offer the country nothing.
It’s strange that folks more educated and aligned to our values are the ones that have the hardest time getting in, while folks from Mexico, Honduras, Haiti, India, etc. get green cards in droves.
The chain migration problem refers to merit-less access to the US being granted to populations that already have a ridiculously disproportion immigrant presence in the US. Also, if Trump is somehow a hypocrite for taking advantage of a law on the books that he’s politically opposed to, then every single Democrat is just as guilty for taking advantage of every tax loophole known to man despite their constant calls for exorbitantly high taxes.
Source: New York Post