New York Daily News

No wall for Prez’s kin, who want in

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FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, some immigrants are outlaws. And others are in-laws.

The mother and father of First Lady Melania Trump arrived Wednesday morning in lower Manhattan for a hearing on their pending applicatio­ns for U.S. citizenshi­p.

Viktor Knavs, 73, and his wife, Amalija, 71, declined comment as they exited 26 Federal Plaza — although the First Lady’s mom acknowledg­ed the good weather. “Oh, it is beautiful,’ she said. Attorney Michael Wildes, who is representi­ng the couple, noted only that it was a “gorgeous day” before walking off with the pair.

The Slovenian couple had already been granted permanent resident status, most likely through sponsorshi­p by daughter Melania — an American citizen.

Adult U.S. citizens are currently permitted to petition for residency for their parents.

President Trump, who has made tightening the U.S. borders a key effort of his administra­tion, has denounced that process as a threat to U.S. security and called for its eliminatio­n.

Melania’s sister, Ines Knauss, lives in New York, but neither she, family attorneys nor the White House answered an inquiry about whether she was sponsored for a visa or residency by her sister.

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