With the Trump Administration cracking down on immigration and even visas, new attention has been paid to the question of how, exactly, First Lady Melania Trump first got to the country.
According to Newsweek, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) raised that question in a Congressional hearing this week.
“Integrity isn’t snatching lawful visa holders off the streets and throwing them into unmarked vans,” Crockett said in a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee. “Integrity is not revoking visas based on social media posts that hurt somebody’s little feelings, because kids decided they wanted to go after Trump or this administration. We have a thing called free speech in this country.”
Then, she discussed the first lady.
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“Why aren’t we talking about integrity when it comes to the president’s family’s visas?” Crockett asked, bringing up Melania having arrived in the U.S. on an EB-1 visa when she was a model.
BREAKING: Jasmine Crockett just completely destroyed Melania Trump while calling out Trump’s immigration policies:
“Now, y’all that don’t know, let me tell you how you receive an Einstein visa. You’re supposed to have some sort of significant achievement, like being awarded a… pic.twitter.com/NnGrWSGeIf
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) June 25, 2025
“Let me tell you how you receive an Einstein visa,” Crockett said in the hearing. “You’re supposed to have some sort of significant achievement, like being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize or a Pulitzer; being an Olympic medalist, or having other sustained extraordinary abilities and success in sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics. Last time I checked the first lady had none of those accolades under her belt.”
Some Trump supporters denounced Crockett as “evil” for bringing up the First Lady in that context.
The point was to bring up the hypocrisy of the Trump Administration using visas as a political weapon, when the First Lady’s own visa history is somewhat questionable. Questions have been raised in the past about that visa, although Melania has been an American citizen since 2006. There is roughly zero chance that the sitting First Lady of the United States can be deported or otherwise punished for how she got her visa.
A CALL TO ACTION FROM THE NYYRC
The radical Zohran Mamdani cannot be allowed to destroy our beloved city of New York.
The Communist Control Act lets President Trump revoke @ZohranKMamdani’s citizenship and promptly deport him.
The time for action is now — @StephenM and… pic.twitter.com/J8Pt6cCYbn
— New York Young Republican Club 🇺🇸🗽 (@NYYRC) June 25, 2025
Also this week, some within the MAGA coalition, including the New York Young Republican Club, have called for Trump to revoke the U.S. citizenship of Zohran Mamdani, who on Tuesday won the Democratic primary to be mayor of New York, and/or deport him. Trump would have absolutely no pretext for doing so.
One idea was for Trump to invoke the McCarthy-era Communist Control Act, but that law referred specifically to the Communist Party USA, of which Mamdani is not a member.
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