[(Title)] Meet the newest U.S. citizens: Melania Trump's parents.

Viktor and Amalija Knavs listen as their attorney makes a statement in New York, on Aug. 9, 2018. First lady Melania Trump's parents have been sworn in as U.S. citizens.

维克托(Viktor)和阿玛利娅·克纳夫斯(Amalija Knavs)的律师于2018年8月9日在纽约发表声明，第一夫人梅拉妮娅·特朗普的父母作为美国公民宣誓就职。

A lawyer for the Knavs says the Slovenian couple took the citizenship oath on Thursday in New York City. They had been living in the U.S. as permanent residents.

克纳夫斯的一名律师说，斯洛文尼亚夫妇星期四在纽约市举行公民宣誓，他们作为永久居民住在美国。

First lady Melania Trump's parents were sworn in as U.S. citizens Thursday.

梅拉妮娅·特朗普的父母星期四宣誓就任美国公民。

Viktor and Amalija Knavs, both in their 70s, took the citizenship oath at a special, private ceremony in New York City. The Slovenian immigrants, a former car dealer and textile factory worker, had been living in the U.S. as permanent residents.

维克托和阿玛利娅·克纳夫斯两人在70年代在纽约市举行的一次私人特别仪式上举行了公民宣誓仪式，斯洛文尼亚移民，前汽车经销商和纺织厂的工人，一直以永久居民身份居住在美国。

The Knavses slipped in and out of a side entrance at a Manhattan federal building flanked by Department of Homeland Security police.

They said little other than Viktor telling a reporter "thank you" when she asked how they felt about becoming Americans.

他们除了对记者说“谢谢您”之外，没有说什么话。她问他们对成为美国人的感受。

The couple's lawyer said they had "travailed a wonderful journey."

Lawyer Michael Wildes said the Knavses applied for citizenship on their own and didn't get any special treatment. He wouldn't say who sponsored their green cards.

迈克尔·维尔德斯律师说，克纳夫斯自己申请公民身份，没有受到任何特殊待遇，他不会说谁赞助他们的绿卡。

"This golden experiment, these doors that are in America, remain hinged open to beautiful people as they have today," Wildes said.

维尔德斯说，“他们经历了一段美妙的旅程，就像大多数人——数百万人——在获得公民身份和等待必要的时间方面所经历的一样。”“申请、面试过程都和其他人没有什么不同，除了今天的安保安排。”

Amid a bitter debate over immigration — particularly the Trump administration's separation of children from families crossing the border illegally — Wildes said the Knavses' attaining citizenship was "an example of it going right."

在关于移民问题的激烈争论中 - 特别是特朗普政府将儿童与非法越境的家庭分开 - 维尔德斯说，克纳夫斯获得公民身份是“一个正确的例子”。

Melania Trump, who has been vacationing with her husband in Bedminster, New Jersey, did not accompany her parents.

梅拉妮娅·特朗普一直带着丈夫在新泽西州的贝德敏斯特度假，没有陪伴她的父母。

Her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, declined to comment. She said the first lady's parents "are not part of the administration and deserve privacy."

她的发言人斯泰芬妮·格里沙姆拒绝置评，她说第一夫人的父母“不是政府的一部分，理应享有隐私”。

President Donald Trump in January proposed ending most family-based immigration and replacing it with a skills-based system.

唐纳德·特朗普总统在1月份提议结束大多数以家庭为基础的移民，并以技能为基础的系统取而代之。

The Republican president also called for eliminating a visa lottery program for people from countries under-represented in the U.S.

共和党总统还呼吁取消针对来自美国代表不足的国家的人的签证彩票计划。

Trump's plan, which Congress has resisted, would limit immigrants like his wife to sponsoring only their spouses and underage children to join them in the U.S., not their parents, adult children or siblings.

国会反对特朗普的计划，将限制像妻子这样的移民只为其配偶和未成年子女提供担保，以便他们加入美国，而不是他们的父母、成年子女或兄弟姐妹。

Experts estimate those measures would cut legal immigration into the U.S. nearly in half.

专家们估计，这些措施几乎将减少合法移民到美国的一半。

Wildes wouldn't say how long the Knavses have lived in the U.S. Under the law, permanent residents must live in the country for at least five years before applying for citizenship.

根据法律，常住居民必须在美国居住至少五年，才能申请公民身份。

The Knavses' citizenship ceremony was kept hush-hush at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. Security guards and U.S.

举行克纳夫斯的公民身份仪式的Javats联邦大厦（JavaitsFederalBuilding）对此事保持低调。

Citizenship and Immigration Services workers in offices adorned with President Trump's portrait said they were unaware of anyone being sworn in there on Thursday.

在特朗普总统的肖像中装饰着办公室的公民身份和移民服务人员说，他们不知道周四有人在那里宣誓就职。

New citizens are normally minted on Fridays, they said, and often the ceremonies are held at the federal courthouse across the street.

他们说，新公民通常在星期五宣誓，并且通常在联邦法院大楼对面举行仪式。

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

在斯洛文尼亚处于共产党统治下的时候，在斯维尼亚的农村工业城镇，克纳夫西斯生下梅拉妮亚。

She attended high school in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, and changed her name to Melania Knauss when she started modeling.

她在斯洛文尼亚首都卢布尔雅那读高中，并开始模特生涯时，将她的名字改为梅拉尼亚·克瑙斯。

She settled in New York in 1996 and met Trump two years later. They married in 2005.

她于1996年在纽约定居，两年后与特朗普会面，并于2005年结婚。

Viktor Knavs is 74, two years older than his son-in-law. Amalija is 73.

维克托(Viktor)74岁，比他的女婿大两岁，阿玛利娅·克纳夫斯(Amalija Knavs)是73岁。

Trump hasn't commented or tweeted about his in-laws' newfound citizenship.

特朗普没有就他的岳父岳母新公民身份发表评论或发推文。

Around the same time the Knavses were completing the ceremony,

he was tweeting his rage about the ongoing Russia probe ("an illegally brought Rigged Witch Hunt") and his excitement about plans for a sixth branch of the military ("Space Force all the way!").