Mary Anne MacLeod, the mother of President Donald Trump has recently been reaching the headlines due to some major issues of her citizenship. Apparently, reports are claiming that her citizenship was wrongly documented during the 1940 United States census.
According to Snopes.com, there is no evidence that Trump's mother violated any immigration laws before she was naturalized in 1942. The occurrence of this issue was naturally expected because of the President's recent take towards immigration aspect. It can be remembered that he expressed strong stance about the matter.
Now that he is in position, the president released some executive orders during early days of taking over. As the issue blazes among the citizens day by day, more questions are arising about the late Mary Anne MacLeod's naturalization. She was known as a Scottish immigrant.
The earlier mentioned source reported that MacLeod's first visit in the United States was on Dec. 2, 1929. Following the said visit is her arrival on May 17, 1930. In the year 1933, she expressed her intentions to reside in US.
This was proven on her return trip back home. Unfortunately, the box intended for the country of future residence has been listed as foreign, or for people outside the United Kingdom. As her profile stated in New Yorker, he met Frederick Trump in mid 1930's.
Trump's father was a young builder back then and the two got married in 1936. The report adds:
"In the thirties, MacLeod reportedly met Frederick Christ Trump at a dance, and the two fell in love according to a 2005 profile of the Trump family, although it has been disputed whether she was living in the United States at the time or just visiting."
Therefore, as pointed out in the first outlet, the truth that Donald Trump's mother was an immigrant and later naturalized must not be a huge issue. With documents the report has presented, it proves that she travels US back and forth using necessary visas several times. Clearly, her 1930 voyage shows no document problems at all.
In 1942, New York's Eastern District Court issued her naturalization certificate on March 10. Though she was not granted citizenship until the said year, people must consider the fact that she is already the wife of Frederick Trump in terms of 1940 census.
Furthermore, several discrepancies may still occur. But this does not change the fact that the mother of Donald Trump did not violate any immigration laws.
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