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The Daily 202's Big Idea

Melania Trump’s parents become U.S. citizens through ‘chain migration’

The Daily 202's Big Idea

The Washington Post

Politics, News, Daily News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump is the do-as-I-say, not-as-a-I-do president. His in-laws became U.S. citizens this week because their daughter, Melania, sponsored them, even though Trump decries this form of family reunification.

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0:00.0

The Power of Possible.

0:05.0

Learn more at U.S. Bank.

0:07.0

slash Newsroom.

0:09.0

Good morning.

0:11.0

I'm James Homen from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

0:14.8

202 for Friday August 10th. In today's news, the judge in Paul Manifort's trial apologizes. More Democrats defect from

0:27.0

Nancy Pelosi. And Mike Pence outlines plans to create the Space Force. But first, the big idea. Donald Trump is the do as I say,

0:41.6

not as I do president.

0:43.8

For years he ripped Barack Obama for taking summer vacations to Martha's Vineyard and told

0:48.8

voters that he'd be too busy governing to golf if he got elected. On Thursday, Trump hit the links once again on

0:56.2

his 11-day summer vacation in New Jersey. As he did so, his Slovenian in-laws attended a naturalization ceremony in Manhattan.

1:05.3

Victor and Amalia Knaus were able to become U.S. citizens because their daughter,

1:10.7

Malania, sponsored them.

1:13.1

Trump decries this very form of family reunification

1:16.8

and has moved aggressively to block other parents

1:19.8

from following their children to America.

1:23.6

It's part of the President's campaign

1:24.9

to reduce the flow of illegal and legal immigration.

1:28.8

Even though three of his son, Barron's four grandparents, came to this country via what he denigrates as chain migration.

1:37.8

The White House declined to answer questions about whether this is hypocritical.

1:41.8

Stephanie Grisham, a spokesman for the first lady,

1:43.9

says she doesn't need to because, quote,

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