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No one understands the nuances of immigration better than Donald Trump.

Donald’s research begins in 1996 when Melania Knauss — also known as Melanija Knavs — arrived in the U.S. from Slovenia on Aug. 27, 1996, on a B1/B2 visitor visa.  She was 26 at the time, highly regarded by those who knew her in her native Slovenia as quite intelligent, beautiful and very ambitious.

Melania was paid for 10 modeling jobs in the United States in 1996 before obtaining the necessary documents to legally work in the country, earning $20,056 before she obtained an H-1B work visa on Oct. 18, 1996, according to an investigative report completed and published by the AP in 2016.

The report, which AP said was based on accounting ledgers, contracts and other related documents, reveals that “the modeling assignments would have been outside the bounds of her visitor visa.”

In March 2001, Melania was issued a green card in the U.S. through the EB-1 program, which is sometimes called a “genius visa” or an “Einstein visa.”

EB-1 Visas are intended to encourage individuals who demonstrate extraordinary accomplishment in their field of endeavor, and/or sustained national or international acclaim to become permanent U.S. residents.

Melania Knauss married Donald Trump in January 2005; she is now known as Melania Trump.  She became a U.S. citizen in July 2006.

Viktor and Amalija Knavs are Melania’s parents. Viktor was born in 1944, and the majority of his working career involves automotive transportation activities. Amalija worked as a pattern maker at a textile factory. They are now retired.

Several reliable sources report that Viktor and Amalija primarily reside in the U.S., and their immigration status is undetermined.  They may be here on an IR-5 visa, which grants legal permanent residency to parents of a U.S. citizen.

Meanwhile, with the expertise he has acquired from his own family situation, President Trump has guided his own administration to become vehemently opposed almost all immigration to the U.S., particularly to extended-family chain migration, which is exactly how Melania’s parents apparently have established permanent residency in the U.S.

Although POTUS Trump apparently has no direct experience in the separation of immigrant children from their parents, he believes that his overall experience and knowledge fully qualifies him to an expert level on immigration policy.

Amazing stuff, isn’t it?