Melania Trump’s ‘Morning Joe’ Interview Ignites Controversy — Her Stance On Donald’s Immigration Plan
Melania Trump appeared on Morning Joe to talk about her perspective on Donald’s ideas and immigration values. What she said set a tone for investigation.
This wouldn’t be an investigation from a legal perspective but from a research spectrum. If you recall, Melania Trump is originally from Slovenia. At the time of her arrival, she was an immigrant herself.
However, Melania Trump also went through the appropriate paperwork to make her transition legal in all aspects. On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Melania states as follows.
“I follow the law. I follow a law the way it’s supposed to be. I never thought to stay here without papers. I had visa. I travel every few months back to the country, to Slovenia, to stamp the visa. I came back. I applied for the green card. I applied for the citizenship later on after many years of green card. So I went by system. I went by the law, and you should do that. You should not just say ‘let me stay here’ and whatever happens, happens.”
During the Morning Joe interview, Melania Trump mentions that she hasn’t participated in her husband’s campaign as much because she’s a full-time mother. Yet, she expresses that she supports Donald “100 percent.”
You can watch Melania Trump’s Morning Joe interview in the video below.
Acknowledging the impending ridicule, Melania states that she and Donald have “thick skin” and are ready for anything naysayers will dish out. According to the Morning Joe interview, Melania Trump also feels that her husband didn’t say anything offensive about the “Mexican people.” As reports Politico, she quoted as follows.
“He said illegal immigrants. He didn’t talk about everybody. He talked about illegal immigrants. And after a few weeks, like two weeks [of] giving him a hard time and bashing him in the media, they turned around. They said, ‘you know what, he’s right. He’s right what he’s talking about.’ And he opened conversation that nobody did.”
So, in essence, Melania Trump agrees with his stance on immigration — that it should be followed the legal way.
Inside the small Slovenian town where Melania Trump grew up in communist poverty https://t.co/8vhhqGGseo pic.twitter.com/N3nHyazuAF
— People (@people) February 25, 2016
However, the Washington Post introduces another light to the situation.
Although Melania went through proper channels to enter the United States and work, her situation wasn’t the same as other, “regular” applicants who are awaiting entry. According to the source, Melania Trump was then on an H1B work visa. Since she had “special skills,” there was a certain portion of work visas allotted to those particular, qualifying applicants — actually 28.6 percent of 140,000 applicants, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s Statistical Yearbook in 1996.
Melania’s model profession made her one of those special interests. And, in 2015, statistics show almost double the percentage in favor of applicants with “special skills,” such as modeling — at a staggering 44.8 percent of approximately 145,000 applicants, reports the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs.
The Washington Post states that Melania Trump’s entry into the U.S. was exceedingly expedited in contrast to the process that “unskilled” workers undergo. Melania also acquired the assistance of a billionaire with extensive connections and legal help to push her application through and meet all required deadlines in a timely manner.
Melania Trump responds to all the names her husband's been called https://t.co/V25VJLHFyx pic.twitter.com/WYkO9stCqk
— People (@people) February 24, 2016
According to the source, Melania Trump also wasn’t on a peculiarly long waiting list like several others reported by the U.S. State Department. The report notes that, unlike Melania’s home of Slovenia, 15 countries comprise 81 percent of the waiting list for U.S. entry. The countries are listed as follows.
- Mexico
- Philippines
- India
- Vietnam
- China-inland born
- Dominican Republic
- Bangladesh
- Pakistan
- Haiti
- Cuba
- El Salvador
- Jamaica
- Iran
- South Korea
- and Peru.
Mexico, alone, the country which Melania Trump’s husband wants to keep out most, exceeds 25 percent of the 4.55 million in waiting. In descending order of waiting list applicants, the countries are placed in the aforementioned numbered bullets.
Watch Melania Trump's Rare Speech in South Carolina https://t.co/5n82xuzDGH pic.twitter.com/w9NW5biBcE
— ELLE Magazine (US) (@ELLEmagazine) February 22, 2016
All in all, do you think Melania Trump would feel the same if she had to undergo the same immigration standards and processes as the “regular” person? According to the Washington Post, there are applicants from 1993 who are, just now, receiving entry into the United States. What are your thoughts? Feel free to express them in the comments below.
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