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August 10, 2018

Melania Trump's Parents Become U.S. Citizens Through Process Trump Wants to Eliminate
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First Lady Melania Trump's parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, became
United States citizens Thursday using a family unification program
that's been repeatedly attacked by President Trump as "chain migration."
Trump has repeatedly called for the end of a longstanding U.S. policy
allowing citizens to sponsor their parents and siblings for legal
residency.


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