Dollars. On alert. Strong rip currents keeping life guards and our beaches busy. Where there is a rush to save swimmers. Melania trump responded to questions about her immigration status. Thanks for sticking with us. Im stephon holt. Those questions date back 20 years to the time when Melania Trump came to the u. S. For years she said she arrived in the United States in 1996. Some recently taken in 1995 have some wondering about her story. News 4s andrew siff tells us how she responded. Reporter Melania Trump has spoken proudly about coming to new york as a young immigrant from slovenia in 1996. She said she got a proper work visa and followed legal channels to become a citizen ten years later. There are new questions about her version of events after some who worked with mrs. Trump saw whether she did some modeling work here in 1995 before gaining proper paperwork. In recent days, theres been a lot of inaccurate reporting and misinformation concerning my immigration status in 1996. I