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On March 16, 2003, 23-year-old Rachel Corrie and several others were protesting against the demolition of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah. The Israeli government claimed that militants were using the structures to fire on soldiers, but Corrie and her fellow members of the International Solidarity Movement wanted to protect the families who lived in Rafah. When a bulldozer started to approach the home of a family Corrie was staying with, she stepped in front of the machine and began shouting through a bullhorn so it would stop — but the driver continued forward, crushing Corrie to death.

The operators claimed they didn't see Corrie because she was concealed behind a pile of debris. However, others there said Corrie was wearing a neon orange jacket and was clearly visible. One man later recalled, "Her head and upper torso were above the bulldozer's blade, and the bulldozer operator and co-operator could clearly see her. Despite this, the operator continued forward, which caused her to fall back, and out of view of the driver… she tried to scoot back, but she was quickly pulled underneath the bulldozer." Israeli officials ultimately ruled Corrie's death an accident.

Melania Trump's immigration history has three distinct chapters that are not widely known.

She arrived in the United States in 1996 on a tourist visa. AP documents from her modeling agency show she was paid for ten jobs worth over $20,000 during a seven-week window before her work visa was approved. She has maintained she never violated the terms of her immigration status, and her attorney disputed the documents.

For her green card, she qualified under the EB-1 program, known as the Einstein visa, a category reserved for individuals of extraordinary ability with sustained national or international acclaim. In 2001, fewer than 3,400 of over one million green card recipients qualified. She was one of five Slovenians approved that year.

In 2018, her parents Viktor and Amalija Knavs were sworn in as U.S. citizens in New York. Sources told ABC News that Melania had sponsored their applications through family-based immigration — a pathway President Trump had publicly referred to as chain migration and sought to restrict through legislation.

Her attorney confirmed the parents had gone through the standard process like anyone else.