Trump Gets His Inlaws into US with Chain Migration

Remember when Donald Trump tweeted this?

“CHAIN MIGRATION cannot be allowed to be part of any legislation on Immigration!” the President tweeted.

Well, now his in-laws are American citizens because of chain migration.

President Trump has repeatedly and vehemently denounced what he calls “chain migration,” in which adult American citizens can obtain residency for their relatives.

On Thursday, his Slovenian in-laws, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, became United States citizens in a private ceremony in Manhattan by taking advantage of that same family-based immigration program.

Asked if the Knavses had obtained citizenship through “chain migration,” their lawyer, Michael Wildes, said, “I suppose.”

He said chain migration is a “dirtier” way of characterizing what he called “a bedrock of our immigration process when it comes to family reunification.”

Melania Trump had sponsored her parents for their green cards, Mr. Wildes said in describing the process by which the Knavses had become United States citizens. “Once they had the green card, they then applied for citizenship when they were eligible,” he said.

Even as his in-laws were going through the process, Mr. Trump was denouncing it. In November, he tweeted, “CHAIN MIGRATION must end now! Some people come in, and they bring their whole family with them, who can be truly evil. NOT ACCEPTABLE!”

And, of course, both Trump's mother and paternal grandfather came to the United States as a result of chain migration.

Now let's see what kind of dirt Trump would sling if the Knavses were the family of his political opponents. Dirt provided by Town and Country in a puff piece on Melania's family:

• The Knavses speak Slovenian with their grandson, Barron. Why can't they speak English, like real Americans?
• Viktor was a card-carrying member of the Yugoslav Communist Party. He had a collection of Mercedes sedans and a Maserati. That doesn't happen in a communist country unless you're well-connected insider.
• Viktor got another woman pregnant, agreed to marry her, then demanded she get an abortion, then claimed he couldn't be the father, and then a court-ordered blood test showed he was. He fought court orders to pay child support all the way to the highest appellate court. Nice guy, huh?
• Melania also got her sister into the United States with chain migration as well.
• Next thing you know, Melania will try to bring her illegimate half-brother into the country. Where will it end?
• Her parents are in their 70s, and will be a drain on the country's medical system after Trump is impeached.

I personally don't have a problem with Melania's parents immigrating to the United States. That's how this country was founded, and that's how 99% of all Americans' ancestors came here.

It's sheer hypocrisy for Donald Trump to slam the door on everyone else's family after he got his wife's in-laws into the country.