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TIL that Elon Musk was an illegal immigrant (gizmodo.com)
submitted 5 days ago by eccentric@lemm.ee to c/itsme@lemm.ee
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21268863

The reason this is relevant is because he has spent the better part of a year complaining about “illegal immigrants” who are “invading” the country. But an old video from 2013 resurfaced on Saturday that appears to show the billionaire admitting he was at one point building his small business in the country illegally, describing it as a “gray area.”

*Edit: typo

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[-] Kilometers_OBrien@startrek.website 7 points 4 days ago

IS

ELON MUSK IS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.

[-] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

Doesn’t matter now.

[-] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

~~was~~ is

FTFY

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 days ago

Yeah but it only counts if you aren't white, obvs

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Musk is African-American, so he's an edge case.

[-] Sundial@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

Not really. He's rich, that supersedes all other things such as race.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

He's not African American and he's an illegal immigrant in the US.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

"That's so eccentric"

[-] eccentric@lemm.ee 0 points 5 days ago

It's me.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Ha! What a coincidence.

[-] Ptsf@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

He thinks himself "one of the good ones". The dissonance is right up there with "the only moral abortion is my abortion".

[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 3 points 5 days ago

If he were deported I’d laugh my ass off

[-] eccentric@lemm.ee 0 points 5 days ago

The rules are not for the rich.

[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 2 points 4 days ago

I know it’d never happen. But it’d be hilarious if it did

[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 0 points 4 days ago

I’m sure he has an E2 Visa, or probably an EB-5

The rules for immigration are different if you run a business

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