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TIL that Elon Musk was an illegal immigrant (gizmodo.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

~~was~~ is

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] clay_pidgin 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] clay_pidgin 3 points 2 months ago

Oh of course, silly me forgot to take that into account.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If he were deported I’d laugh my ass off

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The rules are not for the rich.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ELON MUSK IS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Doesn’t matter now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"That's so eccentric"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Ha! What a coincidence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months 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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I have seen romanians complain about romanian tourists visiting other countries so thats not too weirf