Melania Trump worked illegally as a model in the United States
The Republican's wife earned about $ 20,000 for 10 modeling jobs when she still did not have legal permanent residence.
Melania Trump worked for several weeks in 1996 in the United States without having the necessary permission to work legally in the country. Specifically, the Slovenian charged about $ 20,000 for 10 modeling jobs.
The official version says that she arrived on August 27, 1996 from Slovenia on a B1 / B2 tourist visa and that on October 18 she obtained her H-1B employment visa. However, AP has been able to access a series of documents and show that this is not the case and that she worked illegally for 7 weeks.
Finally, after several visas, Trump's wife obtained permanent legal residence in 2001, the famous Green Card. In 2006, she became a US citizen.
After multiple doubts about her immigration status, the former Slovenian model denied in June that she had violated United States immigration laws. “Let me make this very clear: At all times I have complied with the immigration laws of this country. Point. Any allegation to the contrary is simply false, ”she sentenced.
Trump has run a xenophobic and anti-immigrant election campaign and has promised that if he is elected president he will deport the 11 million undocumented immigrants. However, the Republican magnate has used his wife during the electoral campaign as an example of a good immigrant who complies with the country's immigration laws.
The Republican also wants to expand the use of the government's E-verify program, which allows employers to verify whether job applicants have the necessary authorization to work in the country.
