Melania Trump's Visa Questioned in Congressional Hearing

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Jun 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM EDT


First lady Melania Trump's immigration history came under fire during a heated congressional hearing this week. Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett questioned how the former model qualified for a visa typically reserved for individuals with "significant achievement." Speaking during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Crockett challenged what she described as selective outrage from Republican lawmakers over visa policy.

"Integrity isn't snatching lawful visa holders off the streets and throwing them into unmarked vans," she said. "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."

Crockett then turned the spotlight on what she called a double standard in how visa rules are enforced and discussed, questioning why Republicans weren't scrutinizing the immigration paths of those close to the president. "Why aren't we talking about integrity when it comes to the president's family's visas?" she asked. The congresswoman specifically targeted Melania Trump's 2001 EB-1 visa, also known as the "Einstein visa," a category typically reserved for individuals with "sustained national or international acclaim."

"Let me tell you how you receive an Einstein visa," Crockett said. "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."

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/melania-trump-einstein-visa-questioned-jasmine-crockett-2090901

[riversedge]

1. chuckle. my guess it that Mr. Trump will stay quiet on this issue.

[rustbeltvoice]

45. When has *rump kept his mouth shut?

[4catsmom]

86. he'll say Crockett is 'low IQ'

his favorite insults are things he actually knows about himself

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Rep. Crockett has a POINT here and beautifully illustrated.

Melania Trump had NOTHING to offer but her looks and body to appeal to the prurient interests of men when given that Einstein Visa. Nothing more.

Shit! I have more talents and overall knowledge wrapped in my little finger than she does in her whole body. I mean, she was able to pose nude in 5 languages? Give me a break!

[AverageOldGuy]

11. Well . . .

. . . post some nude pics of yourself so we can compare.

/s

[ProudMNDemocrat]

12. At my age darlin, I look better IN clothes than OUT!

Besides, "CLOTHES maketh the the woman!"

[AverageOldGuy]

34. I'm 80 . . .

Just took a shower, checked myself out in the mirror . . . mirror cracked.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

39. I rest my case...

Fully clothed in Renaissance garb I designed and made. Sold this ensemble in 2022 before moving to the Twin Cities.

[Abstractartist]

42. Wow, beautiful lady and phenomenal seamstress craftsmanship

[BumRushDaShow]

43. Looks like a crocheted hair net too

I have so many damn projects to start or finish, with yarn and all!!!

Gorgeous!

[niyad]

46. shhh, do not remind me about my boxes of fabric and notions!

[BumRushDaShow]

60. LOL

[niyad]

70. You realize, of course, what you have done to my day??? I will now be

spending it on the Britex and Mood web pages, with itchy fingers!

[BumRushDaShow]

75. ...

I even peeped in my cabinet with my knitting needles, crochet hooks, and yarn in my guest bedroom yesterday when I needed to close the drapes in there (to keep the room cooler during our heatwave - even with central air on) and was like

[niyad]

93. I do understand.

[ShazzieB]

96. Boy, do i know THAT feeling!

[marble falls]

77. Ms Marble Falls is a quilter, has six sewing machines and I have two of my own - a 1950 Featherwieght, and a 1920 ...

... Singer 221 with an electric motor.

The amount of fabric between her stash and my weaving rag rugs on a 1920s Union 36 loom is scary. Thankfully, we can still close the door on the craft room.

[niyad]

94. I must tell a friend about your machines. Silly person thought a serger,

a featherweight, an actual Singer treadle, and one other, was. .. excessive!

[marble falls]

100. Right tool for the right job ...

... and the benefit for me as a mechanical designer was how absolutely beautiful the mechanics are. Just mind blowing that all the machining of these small and complex machines were done by hands with very tight tolerancing so that there was excellent interchangeability. amazing on machines, some approaching 100 years old.

[niyad]

102. They were/are truly extraordinary machines!

[niyad]

44. Stunning! Both wearer and costume!!!

[oasis]

51. Lookin' good!👍

[marybourg]

57. Like the snood! (Just showing off)

You look visa-worthy yourself!

[Dan]

68. You're beautiful....

Beautiful, we can see.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

71. Thank you.

This photo was taken 10 years ago at a Renaissance Festival in Janesville, Wisconsin. 73 now.

The hair is grayer, a few more wrinkles here and there. Still keeping the excess weight off and taking care of my skin. Still going to Renaissance Festivals. Adding North Carolina in November when I go visit friends in Georgia.

[FemDemERA]

79. Absolutely beautiful!

Wow I am so impressed by the fact you designed and made that. I have no sewing talent. Although I can usually sew on a button, once I get the needle threaded…

[calimary]

104. WOW! NICE job!

Glad you kept a photo of it. I hope you kept several photos of it. BEAUTIFUL work!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

105. Don't worry, I do.

But thank you all the same.

[Pacifist Patriot]

36. In her case, it would possibly be a little more accurate to refer to it as an Epstein Visa.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

49. This made me smile

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Link to tweet

[ultralite001]

85. You may have a point there...

"NOTHING to offer but her looks + body"...

Was this part of Melania's audition for the Einstein visa???

[Omnipresent]

3. Trump is due for a young hot wife, so..

It’s off to El Salvador for Melania!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

18. Ever notice FLOTUS 47 is afraid to even smile????

Her face might break, or crease with the slightest of wrinkles! So she scowls instead.

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[70sEraVet]

19. Judging by her expression, she must be thinking about Christmas!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

23. These come to mind...

Blood red? Yuck!


No color or cheer, just icy coldness.

?downsize=900 &output-format=auto&output-quality=auto
What one envisions when reading a Stephen King horror novel.

[WA-03 Democrat]

56. I'll defend it

I would do this in my home. It’s modern and would look great. The White House is not modern and it does not fit the style. I will gladly accept this stuff!

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

64. She just found out she has to spend a day with TSF at some gig.

And her combat pay check hasn’t been cut yet.

[Captain Zero]

101. Of course, she gets two dolls and five pencils

She can't wait.

[70sEraVet]

103. And a pedophile in a pear tree.

[Conjuay]

22. hey, don't pick on Squinty!

N/T

[twodogsbarking]

32. She hasn't smiled in eight years.

[Ocelot II]

54. With that much botox she can't smile - not that she has much to smile about.

[Omnipresent]

59. She reproduced with him, and it's more embarrassing and traumatizing than any other women on the face of the earth..

Can handle. Ivanka can rest in peace, but Marla Maples now.. has struggled with it the longest!

[niyad]

67. She and the fanta fuhrer think that those stern looks are intimidating,

when all they do is look like they are doing an exercise in acting class.

[wnylib]

82. To me they look like children pouting because they didn't get a bigger piece of cake.

[niyad]

95. Yours is much more accurate. Dudley Dursley comes to mind, as do his

parents.

[DENVERPOPS]

73. She must have a very talented Plastic Surgeon

He did a great job, she has no turkey neck from all that Silicone pulling down on her neck skin........

I swear that with those piercing eyes, she looks like a female Devil........

[jmowreader]

80. I think it's more that she has no reason to smile than she's afraid to

If you'd been assigned as Trump's agent handler you wouldn't be doing any smiling either.

[kiri]

87. We have the word "slovenly".

Melie comes from Slovenia, and she might even speak and 'write' Slovenian. Nobody knows.

We have the word "slovenly".

There is no etymology connection. {Trust me.}

[ShazzieB]

98. LOL!

I'm pretty sure she does speak Slovenian, though. At least I hope so, since she barely seems able to speak English!

As for all those other languages she supposedly speaks, I'll believe that when I see it (which will be never).

[Irish_Dem]

4. Clever snark from Crockett: "the first lady had none of those accolades under her belt."

Melania did not have a significant societal, academic, olympic achievement.
But Jasmine is correct, Melania's money maker is located under her belt.

[sop]

7. Nice kidneys, too.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Store bought kidneys.

[twodogsbarking]

5. Melaaaaaaniaaahh did win a gold medal in disrobing.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

15. So snarky of you to say that.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

[twodogsbarking]

16. "Sometimes trophy wives don't work out." Donald J. Trump

[multigraincracker]

6. ICE, do your job.

[AverageOldGuy]

9. Well . . .

"You're supposed to have some sort of significant achievement, . . . "

Perhaps she did have one or more significant achievements. We don't know what she achieved as an "escort" back in Slovenia, but she certainly did excel in that role after she arrived, in spite of the fact that the only English she knew was "Anal is $500 extra."

[IronLionZion]

10. Maybe the dumbest ICE agents will snatch her up

Get Elon too

[MiHale]

13. And with trumpy looking darker and darker...

Maybe ICE will deport them both. Karma in action.

[Conjuay]

24. After ten hours of listening to him whine, they'd throw trumpty back out onto the street.

N/T

[MiHale]

27. ...

[Shipwack]

55. "The Ransom of Orange Chief" nt

[NNadir]

14. I really admire Representative Crockett. She like AOC is a clear and direct thinker.

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She has had the the distinct honor of having had her intelligence attacked by the least intelligent and least educated person ever to have occupied the White House.

[Delmette2.0]

53. Both women are wonderful and courageous.

We all knew about Malania 8 years ago.
Ms. Crockett is the only one I have heard of who is brave enough to speak the truth on the record.

[Harker]

17. She may not have "accolades" under her belt, but she certainly has something there.

[no_hypocrisy]

20. IMO, her attorney deserves equal criticism.

He helped to perpetrate a fraud upon the Court.

[Aviation Pro]

21. It was an Epstein visa

……

[BumRushDaShow]

33. DUzy!

Have to...

[bdamomma]

25. Ha,

She had no belt for what she was doing.

[travelingthrulife]

26. Finally. someone confronts them about her visa. Now do Elon.

[twodogsbarking]

28. I like women but not that one. Shame about that house falling on her mother though.

[niyad]

30. Sighhhhhh. Please do not insult witches like that. Those two have nothing

to do with the Craft of the Wise.

[twodogsbarking]

63. My bad.

[niyad]

69. sighhhhh

[niyad]

29. Thank you,,Rep. Crockett. We have been questioning that visa for years.

Glad it is finally getting some national attention.

[gab13by13]

31. When the Democratic House steering committee

voted last week to recommend the ranking member of the House oversight committee, there were 4 candidates, Jasmine finished last.

No further comment needed.

[BumRushDaShow]

35. "Jasmine finished last."

because she only in her 2nd term in office as a member of the House of Representatives, having been elected for the first time in 2022 and as such, hasn't even been "fully vested" in the Civil Service benefits afforded to federal employees and Congress (must be in a position for at least 5 years).

Alternately, AOC is starting her 4th term.

Like Maxwell Frost (first elected the same year), she is an excellent firebrand and "puts it where the goats can get it". But the "Ranking Member" position is also considering the experience that comes with "seniority".

The issue at hand though, is probably more with respect to too many "seniors" vs "seniority" and that perhaps needs to be resolved.

[gab13by13]

58. Yup, you nailed it

they pick someone with experience in the old ways.

I live in a small town that always has a big 4th of July parade, 50 years ago a convertible traveled down the parade route. In the back seat of that convertible was a Democratic Rep and a Republican Rep.

Those days are long gone. We have one party that gave away its Congressional authority to a would-be dictator. We have one party that is getting ready to murder millions of Americans and shorten our lifespans.

What is needed are new tactics. The #1 qualification for selecting Democrats to positions of leadership should be those Democrats who are not afraid to bash Congressional Magats right in the face.

I watched Chuck Schumer yesterday once again reading from a paper on the Senate floor, I rarely see him give a speech without his piece of paper. Then I remember back to the Lion of the Senate and think to myself, that's what is missing, fire and brimstone.

GOTV and hope we have fair elections is our main strategy.

[BumRushDaShow]

62. A lot of DUers trashed "The Squad"

and their "in-your-face" tactics.

Unfortunately people like Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman were both caught up in the wrath of that sentiment (although Bowman, being from NY, might be seeing the advancement of Zohran Mamdani as cathartic).

It's always a fine dance as I remember the "in-your-face" Tom Daschle, James Trafficant, and Alan Grayson - all ending up with issues and being drummed out or even expelled.

[Norrrm]

37. Melania's Einstein Visa was actually an Epstein Visa.

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[Blue Ozarks]

38. Shocking

So her girl on girl, nude photo shoots don’t meet the criteria?

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

40. Trump bimbo 'Call girl' gets "extraordinary visa", maybe she qualified by numerous sex positions

— Leah (@l-baum-25.bsky.social) 2025-06-25T06:54:15.044Z

……. targeted Melania Trump's 2001 EB-1 visa, also known as the "Einstein visa," a category typically reserved for individuals with "sustained national or international acclaim."

"Let me tell you how you receive an Einstein visa," Crockett said. "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."

“Call girl”

“Escort”

“Bimbo for Escort hire”

Whatever one calls it,…

“Paid-for Arm Candy”

Mic drop.

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) 2025-06-25T00:48:12.990Z

[Farmer-Rick]

61. She really played that illegal immigrant card well

If a six year old suffering from cancer can be snatched up and sent away, this illegal immigrant married to the president, along with her anchor baby and chain migrating parents, should be snatched up and sent away.

She and her family of illegal immigrants are what is destroying the US.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

41. Congresswoman Crockett made me smile

[Cherokee100]

47. Yea but

Yea but she has done some great work for Putin.

[live love laugh]

48. " ... the former model ..."

[Beacool]

50. Well, sleeping with Trump could be considered a significant achieveent.

Someone had to sacrifice herself.



I have zero respect for Melania. She sold herself to a man old enough to be her father in exchange for a life of luxury. She has done nothing in her privileged life to help others. She can rot in the same hole as her husband.

[Ocelot II]

52. Melania *did* have one particular accomplishment "under her belt,"

and I'll leave it at that.

[Sane1]

65. Who Geev a Fuck!!

Who Geev a Fuck about soft porno!!!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

72. Wasn't that about Chreesmas?

I am lousy with Slovinian accents, though it is part of my ethnic makeup, along with the Mexican and Italian part of me.

[Karasu]

92. To this day, I still can't believe she wasn't crucified by the entire GOP for saying that. LOL

It made for one of my favorite Youtube videos, too. LOL

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[niyad]

66. I still believe that she is his handler, and that is why strings were pulled.

[Polybius]

74. Before I even clicked the link, I knew that it was Jasmine Crockett

I can't wait to see his 3:00 am Truth post.

[Figarosmom]

76. Oh I'm sure she had a " significant achievement "

Something very useful to good looking models who want to get " a head" the easy, fast way.

[Mblaze]

78. It's more like

What Trump had under his belt.

[Quanto Magnus]

81. They should bring up druggie Elon too

He skipped out on his student visa, but still became a citizen while violating the visa..

[Karasu]

91. Steve Bannon actually pushed for them to deport Elon when he was feuding with Trump. LOL

[Ray Bruns]

83. questioned how the former model qualified for a visa typically reserved for individuals with "significant achievement."

Has representative Crockett seen the photos of Melania "modeling"?

[nilram]

84. Nice! And now do Elon..

[rzemanfl]

88. Hell, Jasmine, she didn't even have a belt.

[Blue Owl]

89. K&R

[twodogsbarking]

90. Her birth certificate shows she was born in 1563. That is odd.

But it makes sense.

[Heftylefty]

106. Melania Trump's visa

"Last time I checked the first lady had none of those accolades under her belt." -Rep. Jasmine Crockett. I daresay the 'extraordinary abilities' Melania claimed to qualify for an Einstein visa occurred under somebody's belt.