When Melania and Barron Trump moved from Trump Tower in New York City to the White House last summer, Melania's parents, Viktor Knavs, 74, and Amalija Knavs, 72, accompanied them on the trip. They've since become familiar faces in the nation's capital. Here's what you should know about them.
A lawyer for the First Lady's parents confirmed the Knavs took an oath of citizenship on Thursday, August 9, in New York City.
Earlier this year, the Slovenian couple and their lawyer, Michael Wildes, were spotted at a federal building in New York City, which houses offices for federal immigration officials who help process citizenship applications.
At the time, the attorney declined to comment on the substance of the meeting but did "confirm again that they’re permanent residents of the United States and that they would like to keep their immigration matters private at this time."
Amalija Knavs, pictured here, flew back to Washington on Air Force One with the Trumps after they spent the 2018 Easter Weekend at Mar-a-Lago.
The Knavses are now legal permanent residents of the United States and are living in the county on green cards, Wildes told the Washington Post in February. At the time, they were reportedly awaiting the scheduling of their swearing-in ceremony.
Barron is very close to grandparents, with whom he reportedly speaks Slovenian, and Politico described them as "hyperinvolved" in his life. While Politico also reported last year that Melania's parents would "become more familiar figures around the White House"—much the way Michelle Obama's mother Marian Robinson did when she moved into the presidential mansion—a White House spokeswoman said she could not confirm the outlet's claim, writing in an e-mail, "We don't comment on the first lady's parents, as they are private citizens and we want to respect that."
Viktor and Amalija Knavs are pictured far left with the rest of the Trump family on stage at the Republican National Convention.
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哎，现有福利制度就是合法的都难以为继了。但改革没那么容易啊。
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只要一视同仁什么政策都没有问题。我就是不喜欢有人带着偏见看事情。
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15:00:46
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对有些人来说要消除偏见是很难得，哪怕这种偏见是歧视自己。
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站在美国整体角度看问题，才是真正的非种族主义者。
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15:04:02
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可以站世界整体吗？
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各国都这样做了，可以谈。否则只要求美国，是别有用心
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