Democratic strategist Don Calloway said on Friday that it is hypocritical for the Trump administration call for the replacement of "chain migration," but to grant citizenship to first lady Melania Trump Melania TrumpThe Hill's Campaign Report: Trump faces backlash after not committing to peaceful transition of power FBI director casts doubt on concerns over mail-in voting fraud Trump: 'We could hardly hear' boos, chanting at Supreme Court MORE's parents through the practice.

"It is the height of hypocrisy to recognize that they did this to help facilitate their process through this subjective administration, and to deny that to the hundreds of thousands of other people who want to bring their value to this country," Calloway told Hill.TV's Buck Sexton and Krystal Ball on "Rising."

"I welcome Melania's parents because I welcome all the strangers as a God-fearing, liberal Christian. That's what I'm told to do, is welcome the stranger and the immigrant," he said.

"I welcome [them] via chain migration. I welcome anyone who wants to come to this country if you have something to add. And I imagine that they went through the proper process, and Melania's parents were deemed to have added value, and not present a danger to this country," he continued.

Michael Wildes, the attorney for the first lady’s parents Viktor and Amalija Knavs, said on Thursday that their daughter sponsored them for a green card and that they applied for citizenship once they were eligible.

The Knavs and the first lady hail from Slovenia.

When asked whether the first lady's parents were granted citizenship through chain migration, Wildes said, "I suppose. It’s a dirty — a dirtier word.”

President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE has slammed what he calls chain migration, and has proposed reforms that would only allow people to use family-based immigration to bring children or a spouse to the country.

— Julia Manchester