His brother also lied to border agents. Now he is campaigning against “open borders.”

Elon Musk worked illegally on a student visa and faced concerns he would be “deported” when he started life in the United States, a bombshell report revealed Saturday.

The billionaire South African-born immigrant also admitted in an email that he “had no legal right to stay in the country” when he ditched his studies and founded a company which he later sold for more than $300 million, The Washington Post reported. His brother was also here illegally, committing what one expert called “fraud upon entry.”

The revelation comes after Musk, the Tesla, X, SpaceX and Starlink CEO went all-in on supporting Donald Trump and repeatedly accused Democrats of trying to flood the country with immigrants who cross the border illegally, a conspiracy theory which has become mainstream in the Republican party. Bloomberg called him “X’s biggest promote of anti-immigrant conspiracies.”

  • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
    49·
    28 days ago

    Elon Musk worked illegally on a student visa and faced concerns he would be “deported” when he started life in the United States, a bombshell report revealed Saturday.

    The frustrating thing about reading these things is always the lack of empathy from those who have a first hand understanding on the matter.

    • sneaky@r.nfEnglish
      121·
      28 days ago

      My personal conspiracy theory is Elon is a Russian spy. If that turns out to be true then he wouldn’t really have a first hand understanding since the FSB would find a way to fix his papers if needed.

      • Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        28 days ago

        Bruh Russia has trouble keeping the lights on and is turning to North Korea for help. I doubt its any kind of kompromat because he clearly has no shame, and seems to revel in evading consequences. To me he’s the type of clown who needs to be in the mix (mixie as the kids say), and he’s getting it, cause look how many people are talking about him. He is just a rich dipshit with stunted growth because he rarely hears no, while people will generally accept his commands. This is just a Kick streamer from the VCR era with substantially more funding.

      • bitchkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        28 days ago

        Hair transplants don’t come from other people. They just rearrange follicles the baldy already has.

      • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        251·
        28 days ago

        Seize his ill gained assets to pay slave reparations against his blood emerald family history and holdings! Prove that the South has changed and Republicans and Conservatives are not Confederates still fighting for slavery! The bible says to pay back seven times for what has been stollen and to cut the hand off the thief! It says to stone the adulterer while this unmarried man has children with many women out of wedlock and advocates for others to do so. Who dares to follow a man that surrounds himself with a corporate drug culture. This is the leader you follow, marching to the beat of the hawker of Chinese bibles while claiming to support american jobs…

        I could do this for days…

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
    581·
    28 days ago

    Imagine if they backdated the penalty and said “Ok, so all you earned since then it’s now government property and your ass is going to prison, thank you very much.”

  • MyOpinion@lemm.ee
    40·
    28 days ago

    Musk is proving to be not the kind of immigrant we want in this country. Next we are going to find out he has been eating peoples pets and geese.

  • Silverseren@fedia.ioOP
    66·
    28 days ago

    I’m posting this one rather than the Washington Post article directly because that one’s behind a paywall. There’s still a link to it in this article if you do have personal access.