It seems that there is more evidencethat Melania Trump worked illegally in the US. She made $20,000 in modeling fees for work done in the US before she had her green card.
What actual consequences (if any) do people think she will face?
Nothing - there will be no actual investigation, and it will fade away after the election
Nothing - she’s a rich, connected person, and the immigration laws are meant to deter those “other” people, not rich pretty models.
Nothing - it’s political, and the Democrats will not want to appear petty or attacking
Nothing - She did nothing wrong, so there does not need to be any investigation
Nothing - We need to concentrate all our energies into removing Hillary Clinton from the White House (Republican default position)
She’s already a naturalized citizen, and there’s no evidence it was obtained fraudulently. Of course it makes the Trump’s liars and hypocrites but who didn’t know that already?
I think that when you become a naturalized citizen, you are asked at some point if you have every broken any immigration laws (eg. working without a green card). If you answer “no”, but you really did work without a green card, then this would mean you obtained your citizenship fraudulently, with a lie.
She could probably argue that she didn’t realize she was breaking the law, and in any case, I suspect the number of prosecutions over something like this are pretty rare. People probably do this all the time. Not saying I approve, of course.