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Melania Trump’s parents are sworn in as US citizens

/ 01:16 AM August 10, 2018

Viktor and Amalija Knavs listen as their attorney makes a statement in New York on Aug. 9, 2018. AP

NEW YORK — First lady Melania Trump’s parents have been sworn in as US citizens.

A lawyer for Viktor and Amalija Knavs says the Slovenian couple took the citizenship oath on Thursday in New York City.

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They had been living in the US as permanent residents.

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The Knavses raised Melania in the rural industrial town of Sevnica while Slovenia was under Communist rule.

Viktor was a car dealer. Amalija worked in a textile factory.

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They came and went from the ceremony at a Manhattan federal building flanked by Homeland Security police.

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Viktor is 74, two years older than President Donald Trump. Amalija is 73.

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The first lady, born Melanija, changed her name to Melania Knauss when she started modeling.

She settled in New York in 1996 and met Trump two years later. /ee

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