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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.”

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[-] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Elon is the most corny scumbag on the planet. The rules change when your wealthy.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 49 points 22 hours ago

If he lied on his immigration paperwork his citizenship can be rescinded

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 20 points 21 hours ago

Don't you go giving me hope.

[-] habitualcynic@lemmy.ml 18 points 22 hours ago

New fantasy unlocked

[-] capital_sniff@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

Also makes you wonder what else he's lied about. Are we not getting super affordable butler robots that are also best friends?

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 152 points 1 day ago

Deport the criminal and seize his illegal assets

[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 68 points 1 day ago

Take back his American born hair

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day 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...

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

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

[-] sepi@piefed.social 1 points 20 hours ago
[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 day ago

Yes. May the rich also face the consequences of their actions.

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Make America great again. This illegal stole American jobs!

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 10 points 21 hours ago

Republicans won't care. It's projection.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day 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.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

You don't understand. He got his. That's all that matters.

[-] sneaky@r.nf 11 points 1 day 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.world 5 points 23 hours 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.

[-] bamfic@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago

It's always projection

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 70 points 1 day ago

Everyone knows why it's different for him: He is white.

Not only is he white, but he's rich. The double whammy of societal acceptance.

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago

exactly, the only reason they care about "immigration" is because they're afraid of losing their precious racial and cultural majority. Immigration is a blatant dogwhistle for racists.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 55 points 1 day 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."

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago
[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Hnngh *fap fap fap*

[-] Silverseren@fedia.io 64 points 1 day 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.

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[-] m0darn@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago
[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

But, she's a genius!

(An Einstein visa recipient arranged for by Donny Dementia)

Edit::

What is the Einstein visa? And how did Melania Trump get one?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43256318

[-] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Lock him up!

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 day ago

Hypocrites every one of them.

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Don't use big words. They don't understand complex arguments.

Watch:

Deport the illegal African that stole American jobs!

This is easy to understand and plays on preconceptions. Who says Trump can't teach us all something useful.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

We drove an hour to a restaurant that we'd accidentally found to be awesome earlier this year. It's out in the styx a bit. I joked with my partner (who is obviously from another country when you hear her speak, plus non-white) that she should stand up and declare that she's an immigrant and she's voting for Harris. It's sad that that's a funny joke because it implies that we both know that we were likely in the presence of at least a few racists. The food was excellent, however.

[-] hyperreal@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

The hair absolutely slays me

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

This is ironic beyond belief.

[-] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

It's like rayiaiiiiiiin!

[-] godlessworm@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

don't make this dork sound cool

[-] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

He would be a Jeephole too....

[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 day ago

I mean... this isn't hard.

He is white. So he is an example of why we need some immigration reforms so that the smartest and most innovative and virile man on the planet doesn't have to prove how much smarter he is than the government to make america great. The real problem are all those black and indian and chinese and native american immigrants.

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