Criteria for Extraordinariness

It is unlikely that any of the thousands in the most recent “immigrant caravan” poised to invade our southern border have official U.S. Permanent Resident Visas. Those “murderers, rapists and some, I suppose, are good people” (many cleverly disguised as children) will never qualify for the EB-1A Visa, reserved for non-citizens with “extraordinary ability”.

Applicants must fulfill “criteria for extraordinariness” like a Nobel Prize, a Pulitzer Prize, or an Olympic medal. Only 1% of applicants for an EB-1A actually earn one. The EB-1A is more rare than Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket.

Deserving past winners of an EB-1A included Albert Einstein and John Lennon. America was enriched having the world’s most prominent physicist and one of its greatest musicians. No one can argue about that.

Another EB-1A winner was Melania Knauss, later Melania Trump. America was certainly enriched by having a prominent lingerie model residing within our shores.

Apparently, those “criteria for extraordinariness” included having a wealthy, politically-connected paramour.

When Donnie claims that he will “shut down the border on my first day”, it is reassuring to know that Slovenian lingerie models will still be able to grace us with their presence.

By Ed Dufton